New Jersey
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Preserving and Enhancing Farming and Agriculture in New Jersey
Join our 400+ members who support our mission
to preserve and enhance agriculture in the Garden State!
The New Jersey Agricultural Society is the oldest agricultural organization of its type in the nation. Established in 1781, its mission is to preserve and enhance agriculture, farming and related activities and businesses in New Jersey through educational, informational, and promotional programs:
to preserve and enhance agriculture in the Garden State!
The New Jersey Agricultural Society is the oldest agricultural organization of its type in the nation. Established in 1781, its mission is to preserve and enhance agriculture, farming and related activities and businesses in New Jersey through educational, informational, and promotional programs:
Farmers
Against Hunger Collecting surplus fresh produce from NJ farms, grocery stores, and wholesale suppliers and distributing to those in need through local hunger relief organizations |
Learning Through
Gardening Providing NJ elementary and preschools with grants to build vegetable gardens and training teachers to use the gardens as outdoor classrooms where they can teach all subjects. |
Agricultural Leadership Development Program
Developing articulate, knowledgeable and skilled leaders who encourage positive action on key issues, policy, and economics to advance NJ's agricultural industry |
We offer two types of grants:
A school garden grant provides all the materials needed to build and start a vegetable garden, plus training for teachers on how to plant and maintain the garden, as well as how to use it to teach their everyday lessons in all subjects. A garden training grant is for schools that have a garden but want to incorporate a garden-teaching curriculum or for schools that want to revive a neglected garden. |
Applications for 2019
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Featured lesson
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Fall is the time to investigate apples! In Learning Through Gardening's featured lesson for November, students learn that all apples are not the same. One variety of apple can be very different from another.
Students in grades PreK-2 use their five sense to investigate apples, and then write a poem using adjectives that describe apples. Sutdents in grades 3-5 test ands rank different varieties of apples for nine characteristics – including weight, shape, color texture, and taste. They then graph results of their taste tests, read about the history of apples and how they are grown, and learn the parts of an apple. Math, language arts, science, and social studies – it’s all here in one fall lesson! Click on this link to see the entire lessons. |
Join the FAH Team as a Truck Driver!
Farmers Against Hunger is looking for a part-time seasonal (non-CDL) truck driver!
The job description and details are HERE. Contact Elyse at fahvolunteer@gmail.com.
The job description and details are HERE. Contact Elyse at fahvolunteer@gmail.com.
The New Jersey Agricultural Society is pleased to announce the winners of its
2018 Poster Contest. Students of schools in the Learning Through Gardening program were asked to create posters on the theme "My Life As A Vegetable,"
focusing on the life cycle of plants.
The winning posters in seven categories are shown below.
2018 Poster Contest. Students of schools in the Learning Through Gardening program were asked to create posters on the theme "My Life As A Vegetable,"
focusing on the life cycle of plants.
The winning posters in seven categories are shown below.
Grand prize kindergarten poster from Springfield Township School, Jobstown, NJ
Grand prize fourth grade poster from M. Joan Pearson Elementary School, Delanco, NJ
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Grand prize first grade poster from M. Joan Pearson Elementary School, Delanco, NJ
Grand prize fifth grade poster from Cliffside Park School #3, Cliffside Park, NJ
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Grand prize second grade poster from M. Joan Pearson Elementary School, Delanco, NJ
Grand prize third grade poster from Delaware Township School, Sergeantsville, NJ
Grand prize multi-grade primary poster from Charles L. Spragg Elementary School, Egg Harbor City, NJ
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Volunteer to Glean!
Glean: v. to gather produce left after the main crop has been harvested Register to join our volunteer email list to receive notifications of gleaning and other volunteer opportunities. |
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We are excited to share that Farmers Against Hunger was recently awarded a grant for $3,000 from The Kistler-Tiffany Foundation. The Foundation, which has devoted itself to improving the lives of those in need, approved the grant to help FAH expand our refrigerated storage space. We are so grateful for their continued support of our program!
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We are also extremely grateful for the continued support of the New Jersey Christmas Tree Growers Association! This past December, member farms raised more than $5,000 for FAH through register jars, matching gifts, photography sessions and personal donations ... we can't thank them enough! Please think fresh when picking out your 2018 tree, and visit the Growers' website for a list of farms near you!
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Visit Learning Through Gardening's Teacher Tool Box
for Garden-teaching Lesson Plans
Use your garden as an outdoor classroom! Learning Through Gardening offers 85 lesson plans that link the garden with math, language arts, social studies, health, and science lessons. Check out our list of 160 children's non-fiction and fiction books about gardening and agriculture. See our featured lesson of month for a fresh idea. Click on the Teacher Tool Box button below.
