agriculture

The average age of a New Jersey farmer is now approaching 60, and while that in itself is not a problem, there are concerns over whether a next generation is budding within the statewide industry.

Though a state review of a pilot program of special events at wineries isn't complete, lawmakers want to make it permanent and extend it to preserved farms.

New Jersey's agriculture secretary calls it a "big, phenomenal change" in the Garden State, on par with the transition from horse-drawn plows to tractors.

This week is "Farmers Market Week" in New Jersey, to coincide with 'National and State Farmers Market Week'.

Following a spring of topsy-turvy weather for New Jersey peach growers, the news is better.

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The peach crop in much of the Northeast was decimated by sub-zero temperatures in mid-February in what one fruit tree expert describes as the Valentine's Day massacre of the peach blooms.

Jersey blueberry farmers are keeping their eyes on the nightime thermometer this week.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For years, the government has been issuing guidelines about healthy eating choices. Now, a panel that advises the Agriculture Department is ready to recommend that you be told not only what foods are better for your own health, but for the environment as well.

New Jersey ranks fifth in the nation in blueberry production and the state's crop is valued at $80.8 million.