Episode 311 - Preserving Home & Heartland   addthis
New Jersey is one of America’s most densely populated states. So it’s no surprise that farmers are feeling squeezed, both in their acreage and their finances. But some of the other eight-point-seven million people in that state are providing answers: innovative ways to keep half a million of the last farm acres in the hands of farmers.

 

  

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The majority of New Jersey farms are less than a hundred acres in size and most are family owned. True to its name as the “Garden State”, New Jersey exports nursery and garden plants as well as fruits and vegetables from orchards and truck farms.

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New Jersey Farm Bureau
New Jersey Department of Agriculture

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The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, Farm Credit, and the United Soybean Board make presentation of America's Heartland possible.
American Farm Bureai Foundation for Agriculture            Farm Credit           United Soybean Board


Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by
The American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, U.S. Grains Council,
National Association of Wheat Growers, and the National FFA Organization.

 

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