Calendar of Events: June thru October 2009

 

JUNE

 

June 23, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Twilight Meeting

Rutgers Display Gardens Tour

 Rutgers Display Gardens, Cook Campus

112 Ryders Lane  New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Encompassing over 50 acres and specializing in native plants, the Rutgers Gardens is a world of flowering trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials.  See and learn about native ornamentals.  Led by Bruce Crawford, director of the Rutgers Gardens.

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

JULY

 

July 11, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Victory Garden Workshop

Preservation of Small Fruit: Canning, Freezing, and Drying

This workshop will cover all aspects of canning—making jams, jellies and preserving whole fruits—as well as the processes of freezing and dehydrating fruit!

Hosted by Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ

With Linda Wood and Sharon Vecchiarelli

NOFA-NJ Member- $15, Non-Member- $18

 

July 16, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Twilight Meeting

Vegetable Pest Control Strategies

North Slope Farm, 386 Rock Road East, Lambertville, NJ

We will identify problem pests and diseases and discuss strategies for organic control. Presenters include Kris Holmstrom of Rutgers IPM Vegetable program, Emily Brown Rosen (author of the Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management), and host Mike Rassweiler.

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

 

July 25, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Victory Garden Workshop

Preservation of Vegetables: Canning, Freezing, Drying, and Root Cellaring

When confronted by pounds of tomatoes and zucchini, what to do?  Put up, as they used to say.  This workshop will detail just how to do that—through canning, freezing, drying and root cellaring. 

Hosted by Princeton Day School, Princeton, NJ

With Toni Mazzarello

NOFA-NJ Member- $15, Non-Member- $18

 

AUGUST

 

August 12, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Twilight Meeting

Designing a Winter CSA

Genesis Farm, 41A Silver Lake Road, Blairstown, NJ

Genesis Farms runs one of the few winter CSAs in the region and they do so by offering root crops and fresh greens throughout the winter.   Mike Baki, the head grower will show us their production and storage methods and talk about their operation.

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

 

SEPTEMBER

 

September 2, 5:00 – 7:00

Twilight Meeting

Tomato Grafting

The Muth Family Farm, 1639 Pitman Downer Road, Williamstown, NJ

Through the years, Bob Muth has gained recognition as one of the leading regional farmers in areas of sustainable agriculture, soil development, community supported agriculture and organic farming.   In this meeting, Bob Muth will demonstrate how to graft heirloom varieties onto disease resistant root stock!

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

September 30, 5:00 – 7:00

Twilight Meeting

The Energy Efficient Farm of the Future

Double Brook Farm, 20 Long Way, Hopewell, NJ

Jon McConaughy is creating a grass fed beef operation to be as free of fossil fuels as possible.  His farm house demonstrates solar and geothermal technologies, his barn has a wood furnace and he will be transforming his machinery to biodiesel in the near future. 

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

OCTOBER

Twilight Meeting

Cheese Making

Valley Shepherd Creamery, 50 Fairmount Road, Long Valley, NJ

From the viewing gallery of Valley Shepherd Farm we will observe the animal husbandry, milk production

and cheese making practices of this large and successful creamery.

NOFA-NJ Member- $10, Non-Member- $15

 

Call: 908-371-1111 to register, or mail a check to:

NOFA-NJ, 334 River Road, Hillsborough, 08844