Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program

05/23/2026

A very rainy Saturday on the farm! Approximately 8 million carrots were thinned, and we even managed to find a full carrot! Overachiever grew way too fast 🥕🌧️

05/16/2026

It’s starting to feel like summer out here! Productive day of compost spreading, planting, and trellising. Our new farmers did a fantastic job working a full day in the heat!

04/16/2026

01/21/2026

We’re at the Northeast Ag Expo in Atlantic City! Swing by to say hi if you’re attending the convention!

01/14/2026

The classic end of season blank stare after surviving heat, drought, pests, w**ds, etc…but once January hits, all that is conveniently forgotten and we’re back to being excited for a new season to start soon!

Yes, that is a w**d hat. Let us know if we should start a farm fashion line.

01/06/2026

Happy new year! Which funky veggie do you think will describe your 2026?

1. Happy eggplant
2. Snail eggplant
3. Biblically accurate carrot
4. Biblically accurate lunchbox pepper
5. Garlic hat eggplant
6. Small tomato, big nose
7. Big tomato, big nose
8. Nosy bell pepper
9. Harley Quinn lunchbox pepper
10. Codependent carrots

12/17/2025

Do you ever pose with your giant overgrown zucchini like it’s a fish

12/11/2025

All ARE INVITED to join the SADC for our second expert-led workshop focused on Taxes, Estate, & Succession Planning in relation to farmland preservation!

Join us next Wednesday, December 17th at 6:30pm at the Salem County Ag Building (51 Cheney Road, Woodstown, NJ 08098), where you'll hear from Farm Credit East, ACA's Keith Dickinson. We encourage you to join us in-person, but all are welcome to join remotely via the Teams link on our website at www.nj.gov/agriculture/sadc/. See the invitation for more details.

We hope to see you there!

Salem County Board of Agriculture Rutgers Cooperative Extension New Jersey Agricultural Society Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey Vegetable Growers Association of NJ New Jersey Department of Agriculture Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program Foodshed Alliance New Jersey FFA Foundation New Jersey Farm Bureau North Jersey RC&D New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate Cumberland County Agriculture Development Board Cumberland County Board of Agriculture - NJ Cape May County Board of Ag

11/13/2025

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Please join the SADC for one of two expert-led workshops focused on Taxes, Estate, and Succession Planning in relation to farmland preservation! Join us on November 17th or December 17th - the information presented at each session will be the same, so choose the one that works best for you. See the invitation for more details.

We hope to see you there!

Vegetable Growers Association of NJ Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey New Jersey Farm Bureau Rutgers Cooperative Extension New Jersey Department of Agriculture Jersey Fresh Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program New Jersey Agricultural Society Urban Agriculture Cooperative New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate NJ Food Democracy Collaborative Foodshed Alliance North Jersey RC&D New Jersey FFA Foundation Burlington County Board of Agriculture Gloucester Co. Board of Agriculture Cumberland County Board of Agriculture - NJ Salem County Board of Agriculture Somerset County NJ Board of Agriculture Sussex County Board of Agriculture