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Farmer subsequently acted as senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission, chaired by former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. Farmer's book, The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack On 9/11, [7] was released days before the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In "The Ground Truth," Farmer made the following controversial ...
"It's a lot of hands to hand-harvest fruits and vegetables," New Jersey farmer Kurt Alstede said. More than two-thirds of U.S. crop workers are foreign born, according to the USDA. Many of them ...
With New Jersey seeking to preserve open space, the program is also open to acres that qualify as pasture, wetlands or woodlands.When the act passed in 1964, the state required that farmers ...
Looking for a career change? Rutgers University training program is nuturing the next generation of NJ farmers.
Blackwell was born on July 22, 1882, in Washington Crossing, New Jersey. His family homestead later became property of the state of New Jersey to be used as a park to commemorate the Crossing of the Delaware. [1] He was the son of fruit farmer Charles Ely Blackwell and Sarah Elizabeth Hartwell. [2]
In 1796, he was appointed a commissioner of the loan office for the county – a New Jersey institution founded to provide mortgages to local farmers to help their cash flow. [1] In 1825, he was a member of the New Jersey Legislature and he served more than one term. [1] [3] In 1833, he was appointed as a county court judge and served for ...
New Jersey is the only state in the nation where the farmer constituents of the Department of Agriculture set policy and actively manage the department and select its secretary. The State Board of Agriculture, an eight-member body created by statute in 1887, serves as the policy-making and general head of the department.
Chatsworth, New Jersey — At the age of 78, Stephen Lee III is facing an uncertain future.. Six generations of his family have farmed 135 acres of cranberry bogs in South Jersey. "In farming, you ...