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Rep. Josh Gottheimer met with agricultural constituents Thursday at the New Jersey State Fair to hear what issues they believed should be addressed.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is a state governmental agency that is responsible for the promotion and protection of agriculture and agribusiness in the state of New Jersey. The department oversees school meal programs, distributes surplus food from federal programs, oversees soil and water resources, maintains farmland for ...
The Agriculture Retention and Development Act was created as part of New Jersey's efforts to counteract the loss of farmland in the state. The legislation formed the basis needed for the state to purchase the easements of New Jersey farms in order to ensure they remain as farms, and could never be sold for housing or for non-farming commercial development.
The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates 13 major correctional or penal institutions, including seven adult male correctional facilities, three youth facilities, one facility for sex offenders, one women's correctional institution and a central reception and intake unit; and stabilization and reintegration programs for released inmates.
There are 21 counties in the U.S. state of New Jersey. These counties together contain 564 municipalities, or administrative entities composed of clearly defined territory; 253 boroughs, 52 cities, 15 towns, 240 townships, and 4 villages. [1] In New Jersey, a county is a local level of government between the state and municipalities.
New Jersey Department of Agriculture: Ed Wengryn: Secretary: March 22, 2024: Nonpartisan New Mexico Department of Agriculture: Jeff Witte: Secretary: May 2011: Nonpartisan New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets: Richard A. Ball: Commissioner: January 9, 2014: Nonpartisan North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer ...
The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) acquires aerial imagery during the agricultural growing seasons in the continental United States. It is administered by the USDA 's Farm Service Agency (FSA) through the Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) in Salt Lake City .
Percent of County Commissioner seats held by party in each county in New Jersey. In New Jersey, a Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the board of county ...