Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Award
The Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Awards is presented to a member of the agribusiness industry (other than a farmers market) that excels in promoting New Jersey agriculture, with innovative ideas that create or enhance markets to increase sales.
This award is presented at the NJ State Agricultural Convention, during the Ag Society Luncheon.
This award is presented at the NJ State Agricultural Convention, during the Ag Society Luncheon.
A first-generation American, Phillip Alampi grew up on a small farm in Williamstown and graduated from Glassboro High School, where he was active in Future Farmers of America and 4-H. After graduating from Rutgers in 1934, he taught high school vocational education in Salem County for ten years. After completing a master's degree in education in 1945, he became a farm broadcaster. For the next decade, Alampi hosted various popular radio and television shows, many of them co-hosted and produced by his wife, Ruth.
In 1956, he was appointed New Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture, where he served under five different governors for a total of 26 years— longer than any cabinet member in the state's history. In that post, he successfully fought to preserve the state's farmland and to market the state's agricultural goods. He later became known as "Mr. Garden State."
After retiring in 1982, Alampi served as president of 42 civic and professional organizations and earned 146 awards, including an honorary doctorate from Rutgers in 1969 and the Rutgers Alumni Association's Ernest T. Gardner Award for public leadership in 1985. Phillip Alampi passed away in 1992, at age 79.
In 1956, he was appointed New Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture, where he served under five different governors for a total of 26 years— longer than any cabinet member in the state's history. In that post, he successfully fought to preserve the state's farmland and to market the state's agricultural goods. He later became known as "Mr. Garden State."
After retiring in 1982, Alampi served as president of 42 civic and professional organizations and earned 146 awards, including an honorary doctorate from Rutgers in 1969 and the Rutgers Alumni Association's Ernest T. Gardner Award for public leadership in 1985. Phillip Alampi passed away in 1992, at age 79.
Past Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Award Recipients
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2025
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Grown in Monmouth
Ray & Nancy Painter, Edible Jersey Chef Mark Smith, Tortilla Press Cantina Farm & Fisherman Restaurant -- Greenwood Avenue Farmers Market Frank Donio, Inc. Lucas Greenhouses Chef Craig Korb (Crab’s Claw Inn) Griggstown Farm John J. Formisano, Sr. (Formisano Produce) Scott Fein (CH Robinson) Beth Feehan (NJ Farm to School Network) John McAleavey (Eastern Produce Council) Bob Guarino (Guarino & Sons Produce) Charlie Tombasco (Wegmans Markets) Wes Kline (Cumberland County Extension) Jim Weaver (Tre Piani Restaurant) Edward & Mary Overdevest (Overdevest Nurseries) Tim Wetherbee (Diamond Blueberry, Inc.) William Consalo (Consalo & Brothers) Bruce Cobb (Arc Greenhouses) |
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2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 |
Jack Tomasello (Tomasello Winery)
Raymond Blew (Centerton Nursery) n/a William S. Haines, Sr. (Tru-Blu & Ocean Spray Co-Op) Dr. Lewis DeEugenio, Jr. (Eastern Pro-Pak) David Meirs III (Standardbred Industry) Joe Azzolina Greg Scibilia (NJ Tomato Council) Jeff Shilling (RLB Food Distributors) Alex Wetherbee (Diamond Blueberry) Al Ferri (Wakefern) n/a Terhune Orchards Jersey Fruit Cooperative Seabrook Brothers & Sons Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc Kings Supermarket |