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New Jersey
​Agricultural Society
Preserving and Enhancing Farming and Agriculture in New Jersey
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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: 
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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 pre​schools 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

Join us
for a Farm to Table dinner at Gravity Hill Farm
to benefit
Learning Through Gardening

Chef Ian Knauer from The Farm Cooking School in Titusville will prepare a delicious, locally sourced dinner  with delicious produce from Roots to River Farm in support of the Learning Through Gardening school garden program.

Featured lesson for May
From the Garden State
​ to Your Plate
The New Jersey Agricultural Society is pleased to introduce our new book From the Garden State to Your Plate, Farming Fruits and Vegetables in New Jersey.

 It  is designed to give elementary school students information about agriculture, the state’s third largest industry.  Written for the upper elementary grades, we hope the book will be used by fourth graders in their study of New Jersey.

 Our funding from the United States Department of Agriculture enables us to distribute five copies free to every public school in the state that includes students in grades three to five.
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Click below for more information on how to receive copies for your school.
Check out our first ever FAH quarterly newsletter!
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. 
​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!
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!

 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.