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1. Don’t let wind energy projects compromise New Jersey’s farmland
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  New Jersey farmers markets to be featured on NJN Exploring New Jersey's nocturnal habitats for eyeshine Barnegat Bay is in trouble but it can be saved Join 350.org's fight against climate change ...

2. ‘Priest’ movie review: Stylish vampire action
(Entertainment/Movies)

... plucky farmers, apparently attempting to grow a crop of salt in the wastelands, when their homestead in overrun by a howling pack of vamps. The beasts kidnap Lucy (Lily Collins), another of Priest's relations. ...

3. Preservation New Jersey unveils list of state’s most endangered historic sites
(N.J./State)

... it as endangered will result in solutions and preservation. Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer, Preservation New Jersey’s senior program director, said the list acknowledges the sites’ importance to the heritage ...

4. Nine N.J. counties and cities share $135,000 to promote healthy activities, eating
(N.J./State)

... Somerset and Warren and the municipalities of Paterson, Irvington, Nutley and Montclair. Each government will work with community organizations on projects such as gardening, farmers’ markets and walking ...

5. Exelus Inc. of Livingston receives $5.1 million federal grant for biomass research
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and profitable, energy-rich crops that U.S. farmers and foresters will grow.” “The projects selected today will help produce affordable, renewable biofuels right here in the U.S. to power our cars and ...

6. Bayshore Tea Party files lawsuit charging that N.J.'s new legislative districts are unconstitutional
(N.J./State)

... review by not only our attorneys, but former Attorney General John Farmer, who served as counsel to the 11th member of the commission,” Wisniewski said. “This is a map that not only met traditional redistricting ...

7. 181 acres of Springhouse Farm in Sussex County preserved at cost of $1.02 million
(N.J./State)

... farmers cheese that is flavored with herbs, vegetables and dried fruits. They make batches of cheese once or twice a week and sell it at their stand, the county farmers market, and in local stores. They ...

8. Farm Bill debate must focus on agricultural education of young farmers
(Opinion/Commentary)

... issue that must not be lost in the deliberation is the way our country supports new farmers. The last Census of Agriculture by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service highlighted the increase ...

9. CSA farms benefit New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... door in a given week, and the opportunity to test recipes for new veggies. Farmers can do well with the economics of CSAs. Cash flow is guaranteed by having members buy CSA shares in advance of the ...

10. April Fools’ Day pranks: Internet is a large territory
(Life/Style)

... announced that Swiss farmers were experiencing a bountiful spaghetti crop due to a mild winter that decimated the spaghetti weevil.  ...

11. Why Tea Party won’t get a balanced federal budget
(Opinion/Commentary)

... we are left with the billions spent on farm subsidies at a time when farmers are receiving record prices for their crops, billions paid to the oil industry, which we all agree are in desperate need of ...

12. ‘Bal’: Movie review and trailer
(Entertainment/Movies)

... prays and carves toys for his shy son. Part of a trilogy, Semih Kaplanoglu’s film, with its long quiet shots of misty mountains and forests, simple rural rope makers and farmers, and a dark, cozy wooden ...

13. New Jersey’s turnpike travel landmark: A ‘ship’ in a cornfield
(Life/Style)

... to it as the "Cornfield Cruiser" or "Cruiser in a Cornfield." It is in a cornfield because a farmer who still grows corn there owns the land upon which it is built. The owners of the facility have a ...

14. Add China to your list of vulnerable societies
(World/International)

... to farmers in times of record breaking crop prices and to oil companies surfeit with money from high oil prices. In Europe, entitlements are even worse with free medical care, free education, 35 hour work ...

15. N.J. town considers limiting conjugal visits for noisy roosters
(Life/Style)

... crowing would be prohibited. John Hart, a beef farmer who is on the town Agricultural Advisory Council, clucked at the proposal, saying that the chicken legislature is a “waste” of time and that “other ...

16. Hunterdon County hen lays giant, baseball-sized egg
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

We don't make this stuff up Somewhere in West Amwell, a hen is lowering herself to nest very carefully. Brian Hayes, a part-time farmer who raises chickens in the Hunterdon County township, is telling ...

17. N.J. leaders should look inward to improve government
(Opinion/Commentary)

... These worthy employees deserve our support. For our state to thrive, it needs industrious people managing a lean and effective government, one we can afford. Charles Kuperus, a Sussex Borough farmer, ...

18. John Melick named National Outstanding Young Farmer
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

He is a 10th generation farmer from Tewksbury For the third year in a row and the fifth time in the past 11 years, a New Jersey farmer has been named a National Outstanding Young Farmer by the U.S. ...

19. Mangoes and other healthy winter fruits
(Health/Healthquest)

BY MARGARET MORGAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Are you hungry for the fresh fruits and vegetables that flourish in farmers' markets during the summer months? Do not despair during these chilly — and sometimes ...

20. The Statehouse's greatest day: The visit of Abraham Lincoln
(N.J./State)

... carriage pulled by two white horses and provided by affluent Middlesex County politician and farmer James Buckelew, the founder of Jamesburg. As Lincoln passed, women waved their handkerchiefs, and he ...