2013
May 2013
How to Know if You Have Enough Native Pollinator Habitat Serving Your Farm. This month, we look at whether the global call to set aside cropland for native pollinator habitat applies to New Jersey farms. If NJ urban fringe farmers manage or set aside land for native pollinator habitat, are they likely to gain any yield benefits?
March 2013
High Farmland Value – Low Farmland Rent: Unintended Consequences. This month, we discuss how extraordinarily high New Jersey farmland prices – among the highest in the US – became coupled to low cost leasing. These conditions may offer a ‘silver lining’ opportunity for individuals who desire to enter the profession of farming, and to society, which values farmland stewardship.
February 2013
First Generation Farmer of the Future? 7,500 acres Conventional & Organic Grain by Cell Phone. We meet an 8,250-acre mixed conventional & organic cash grain farmer whose experience goes to the very heart of ag entrepreneurship.
2012
December 2012
Crisis Fatigue and Ag in the Middle. This month, we discuss our program designed to move “Ag in the Middle” farms toward sustainability through analysis and education. We touch on barriers to program implementation under conditions of “doing more with less.”
October 2012
High Tunnel Cover Crops Trials and Tribulations 2012. Cover crops offer one strategy to maintain soil quality in high tunnels.
September 2012
Yield Expectations for Mixed Stand, Small-Scale Agriculture. This report makes mixed stand yield expectations available to non-agriculture professionals: community economic development sociologists, urban policy planning professionals, and professionals preparing grant proposals.
May 2012
Urban Market-Garden Rapid Soil Assessment for Trace Metal Contaminants. How can we rapidly and cost effectively assess soils at potential urban market-gardens sites nestled among old residential areas, on former industrial sites, or at empty abandoned brownfields?
April 2012
NEWA Pest Forecasting Further Refines Grower Intuition. NEWA can alert you to conditions favorable for pests that you might not recognize until it’s too late. And, it can save you money by helping to avoid spraying when you don’t need to.
March 2012
February 2012
Improving Quality & Competitiveness of Jersey Tomatoes. Market pressures for improved shipability, lead to the development of a tomato that is visually appealing and free of defects but short on pleasing aroma, taste, and texture. Partnering with New Jersey growers, NJAES Specialists and Ag Agents are working toward producing the best Jersey Tomato possible.
January 2012
It's Not Just About Growing Crops. Raising awareness about skills required for successful urban fringe farming and how the public forms opinions about sustainable practices on urban fringe farms.
May 2013
How to Know if You Have Enough Native Pollinator Habitat Serving Your Farm. This month, we look at whether the global call to set aside cropland for native pollinator habitat applies to New Jersey farms. If NJ urban fringe farmers manage or set aside land for native pollinator habitat, are they likely to gain any yield benefits?
March 2013
High Farmland Value – Low Farmland Rent: Unintended Consequences. This month, we discuss how extraordinarily high New Jersey farmland prices – among the highest in the US – became coupled to low cost leasing. These conditions may offer a ‘silver lining’ opportunity for individuals who desire to enter the profession of farming, and to society, which values farmland stewardship.
February 2013
First Generation Farmer of the Future? 7,500 acres Conventional & Organic Grain by Cell Phone. We meet an 8,250-acre mixed conventional & organic cash grain farmer whose experience goes to the very heart of ag entrepreneurship.
2012
December 2012
Crisis Fatigue and Ag in the Middle. This month, we discuss our program designed to move “Ag in the Middle” farms toward sustainability through analysis and education. We touch on barriers to program implementation under conditions of “doing more with less.”
October 2012
High Tunnel Cover Crops Trials and Tribulations 2012. Cover crops offer one strategy to maintain soil quality in high tunnels.
September 2012
Yield Expectations for Mixed Stand, Small-Scale Agriculture. This report makes mixed stand yield expectations available to non-agriculture professionals: community economic development sociologists, urban policy planning professionals, and professionals preparing grant proposals.
May 2012
Urban Market-Garden Rapid Soil Assessment for Trace Metal Contaminants. How can we rapidly and cost effectively assess soils at potential urban market-gardens sites nestled among old residential areas, on former industrial sites, or at empty abandoned brownfields?
April 2012
NEWA Pest Forecasting Further Refines Grower Intuition. NEWA can alert you to conditions favorable for pests that you might not recognize until it’s too late. And, it can save you money by helping to avoid spraying when you don’t need to.
March 2012
On-Farm Energy Savings - the Devil's in the Details. If your farm’s energy conservation plan consists of changing to energy efficient light bulbs, you’re throwing money away. The problem is, figuring out the details of where your energy dollars are being spent and how to maximize efficient energy use is so complicated and time consuming most farm managers can’t cope with the process. Help is on the way.
February 2012
Improving Quality & Competitiveness of Jersey Tomatoes. Market pressures for improved shipability, lead to the development of a tomato that is visually appealing and free of defects but short on pleasing aroma, taste, and texture. Partnering with New Jersey growers, NJAES Specialists and Ag Agents are working toward producing the best Jersey Tomato possible.
January 2012
It's Not Just About Growing Crops. Raising awareness about skills required for successful urban fringe farming and how the public forms opinions about sustainable practices on urban fringe farms.
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