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Staycation Daytrips to Get You Thru Summer 2020
The global health crisis has canceled 2020 summer vacations for thousands of New Jerseyans, making now the perfect time to be a tourist in your own backyard. Hop in a car with your family or companion and discover the farms, historic sites, and pathways that make...
Central Jersey Farms Ready to Nourish Us this COVID Summer
Norz-Hill Farm (above) offers personal shoppers in an open-air tent. Since the start of New Jersey’s stay-at-home order for the pandemic, on-farm markets have remained open as essential services. That’s great news because our local farmers are a valuable resource...
Lockdown Luxury: Wines & Cheeses of Central Jersey
Need a few moments of respite from the global health crisis? Consider ordering locally made wine and cheese delivered to your home from the wineries and dairies of Central New Jersey. Support local producers while enjoying Garden State goodness. “New Jersey is...
Central Jersey Farms Ready to Nourish Us During Crisis
When New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced the closing of most retail businesses in his “stay-at-home” order to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, he exempted “grocery stores, farmer's markets and farms that sell directly to customers.” That’s great news because our...
Holiday Gifts from Central Jersey Farms— Buy Online or Visit
This holiday season express your values by giving gifts grown in the earth beneath your feet, on the farms of Central Jersey. Support local farmers, promote sustainability, and encourage healthy lifestyles by shopping small and local. You can also plan your holiday...
Over the River and through the Woods for a Holiday Forage
Fresh Heritage Turkeys & Much More Holiday trips in the family car while growing up in the 1970s often featured my mother leading the family in singing “Over the River and through the Woods,” a holiday poem and song written by a prominent abolitionist in 1844. It...
Central Jersey Tastings: Cheeses of Bobolink Dairy, Cherry Grove Farm
Central New Jersey’s organic cheesemakers, Bobolink Dairy and Cherry Grove Farm, are producing high-quality cheeses that reflect a Central Jersey Terroir, our reviewer writes.
It’s Harvest Season in Central Jersey!
Your Guide to Visitor-Friendly Farms in the Garden State New Jersey is the Garden State for a reason. For more three centuries, the state’s fertile fields and valleys have fed America’s cities and armies. Indeed, Central Jersey was the site of the “forage wars” of...
Finally, A True Count of Women Farmers in the Garden State
For a full year now, I’ve been showing a documentary about three centuries of local farming in central New Jersey’s Millstone Valley to enthusiastic audiences, including many who are farmers themselves. One section of the film almost always gets a “gasp.”...
Discover the Beauty and the Bounty of Central NJ
Discover Central NJ is a collaborative initiative of leading farmers, restauranteurs, beverage makers, and businesses people in the central New Jersey counties of Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset. Its leader is Brad Fay, a national marketing expert, historic...