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Jersey guys join the crush to produce hard cider

August 29, 2015 By Erica Muller

THE REVIVAL OF AMERICAN HARD CIDER — sales have roughly doubled in each of the past three years — has spawned a bumper crop of artisanal cideries in Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and other apple-growing states. But not in New Jersey.

That’s not right, considering New Jerseyans were among the first in the New World to ferment apple juice into hard cider and distill hard cider into applejack.  America’s oldest distillery, Laird’s, has been making applejack in Colts Neck since the Revolutionary War, to cite just one example.

“New Jersey was known for its cider and applejack, to the point that New Yorkers called New Jerseyans ‘apple-knockers,’ ” says drinks historian David Wondrich, editor of the soon-to-be-published “Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails” (Oxford University Press, 2016). “You said apples to a New Yorker and he thought, ‘Jersey.’ [Read more…]

Filed Under: Apple Cider Tagged With: 2015, aged, apple-jack, apple-knockers, apples, barrel, colts neck, county, distillery, farming, farms, harrison, Local, New Jersey, NJ, orchards, stillwater, sussex

Whole Foods’ sunflowers growing on Durr Farm

August 28, 2015 By Erica Muller

 

…. Jim Durr’s flower farm is the main supplier for Whole Foods stores in New Jersey, New York and Western Connecticut. His sunflowers, dahlias, peonies, zinnias and other flowers also have been in demand at upscale weddings, gracing the altar at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. Durr says his quince will be on display at the Waldorf-Astoria on New Year’s Eve, and his orange dahlias once decorated an event at the United Nations… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Flower Farm Tagged With: amenity, annuals, cropping, crops, cut flowers, cutting, Durr, Durr Wholesale, farms, floral, florists, flowers, high-value, James Durr, Local, markets, NJ, perrenials, refridgerated, specialty, sustainability, Whole Foods

  • August 1, 2022 – Farmland Tax Assessment Applications due for tax year 2023. Applications must be received by the tax assessor - not postmarked - by that date.

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  • Dec., 2017 - Forest Stewardship Rules (N.J.A.C. 7:3) went into effect.
  • May, 2014 - NJ Division of Taxation released Guidelines for Generally Accepted Agricultural Practices Under Farmland Assessment  (also see Farmland page)
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