Central Jersey Blog
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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...
Where to Stay in Farm Country
The Chauncey Hotel & Conference Center is a 100-room jewel of a hotel located in the middle of Central Jersey’s farm country, just minutes from farms, farm-to-table restaurants, great beverage makers, historic sites, recreation areas, and arts venues. Located a...
Sourland Mountain Festival
Sourland Mountain Festival–Music with a View in Central Jersey is a “best kept secret” wilderness just an hour from New York and Philadelphia. The Sourland Mountain Festival on June 22 let’s you discover the beauty of Central Jersey with a soundtrack of live music...
Central NJ Farms–History & More
A coalition of farmers, beverage makers, and farm-to-table restauranteurs this week launched DiscoverCentralNJ.com to help you find the special places, food, and drink that earned the Garden State its nickname. Just 1 Hour from NYC & Philly... Learn about farms...