What's in Season from the Garden State

What's in Season from the Garden State is issued from Spring to Fall. To receive the newsletter, you can sign up any time by e-mailing njfarmfresh@njaes.rutgers.edu. Please put "subscribe" in the subject line.

2009 Season

• October 14, 2009 (448k PDF)
  Let's Talk Taters; Cider House Rules
• September 24, 2009 (440k PDF)
  Tomato Taste Tests - What They Tell Us; Introducing the Jersey Jems Grape Tomato for Tomato Lovers
• August 25, 2009 (444k PDF)
  "Ten Minute University" on Jersey Fresh Produce Food System Economics
• August 11, 2009 (466k PDF)
  Perfection of the Peach; Peach (and Tomato) Tastings; Peach Party!; Peach Q&A - What to do about drippy peach mess?; Caring for peaches at home - Getting it Right (Ripe); Peaches - Not Just for Dessert
• July 23, 2009 (576k PDF)
  Peaches Make Public Enemy No. 1 List - Not in Jersey
• July 1, 2009 (438k PDF)
  Averting the New Jersey Tomato Famine

2008 Season

• October 31, 2008 (422k PDF)
  Recipe for success by thinking outside the bin; What determines the end of the produce season: Frost vs. a freeze; Squashes for the vegetably-challenged
• October 13, 2008 (452k PDF)
  Apples: the Cold, Hard Facts
• September 22, 2008 (438k PDF)
  Serving local foods as company policy; What's on the menu at the New Jersey Restaurant Association's 100-mile lunch?
• September 4, 2008 (488k PDF)
  The Homegrown History of Jersey Fresh; Accessories for Jersey Fresh Fare; Hot or Not, Jersey Packs a Peck, even for Pickling
• August 19, 2008 (481k PDF)
  When good produce goes bad; Eww...There's a worm in my corn!
• August 4, 2008 (470k PDF)
  Where has all the (tomato) flavor gone...long time passing?; Rutgers Tomato Taste Testings North and South
• July 21, 2008 (461k PDF)
  Muskmelon or Cantaloupe; Melons or "Lopes"; Harvest Melons at Peak Flavor
• July 7, 2008 (460K PDF)
  Salmonella contamination in produce; Food safety practices on New Jersey Farms
• June 23, 2008 (432K PDF)
  Starting the Season with the End in Mind; From Jersey Fresh to Brown Gold: Compost it!

2007 Season

• October 30, 2007 (512k PDF)
  I Yam NOT a Yam!; 'Tis the Season to Buy Jersey
• October 15, 2007 (472k PDF)
  Fresh Apples from the Garden State; From Folklore to Lab: Research on Cranberry's Health Benefits; Buying Local - One of the Lesser Known Reasons
• October 1, 2007 (512k PDF)
  Harvest History Detectives: What's Rutgers have to do with NJ Ag?; Old MacRutgers had a Farm...
• September 17, 2007 (476k PDF)
  Beach Plums: Rubies in the Rough; Spotlight on Farmer-Chef Connection: Formisano Farms and Borgata Casino; The Best of Both Worlds at the Farm Market - Summer and Fall
• September 4, 2007 (484k PDF)
  Jersey Fresh Aji Dulce, Baby Pak Choy or Cilantro, Anyone?; More Reasons to Eat your Veggies: Health, Weight Control and...Wealth?; Oh sure, easy for you to say, but my kids won't touch the stuff!
• August 20, 2007 (384k PDF)
  Would our parents recognize today's new sweet corns?; Corn preparation tips for maintaining flavor; Planting new roots for the uprooted
• August 6, 2007 (460k PDF)
  Rediscovering the Jersey Tomato: Tomato Tastings; 'Rutgers' and 'Ramapo' Tomatoes; Tomato Care 101: Two Big No No's
• July 23, 2007 (592k PDF)
  Tart Cherries - A New Jersey Treat; A Peach for all Seasons; Come Celebrate the Peach
• July 9, 2007 (480k PDF)
  If you ask a child where our food comes from, what would they answer? Youth Farmstands: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs; Finding Jersey Seafood is a Shore Bet
• June 25, 2007 (484k PDF)
  Finding Jersey Fresh; Jersey Organic; It's Blueberry Season!
• June 11, 2007 (467k PDF)
  Hail to the Chef; South Jersey Now Home to America's Newest Wine Region; Jersey Fresh Spring Greens

2006 Season

• October 23, 2006 (196k PDF)
  Gem of the Pines - New Jersey Cranberries
• October 9, 2006 (224k PDF)
  Harvest History Detectives: Eye on the Jersey Apple
  
• September 25, 2006 (192k PDF)
  What do the Labels Mean?: Local; Rutgers steps up to the plate and puts its money where its values are
• September 11, 2006 (197k PDF)
  In Praise of New Jersey Fall Squash and Rutgers NJAES Better Eating Squash Contributions
• August 28, 2006 (202k PDF)
  Not Just Your Same Old Eggplant; Farmer Profile; NJ Master Gardeners
• August 14, 2006 (184k PDF)
  In Search of the Real Jersey Tomato, Part II
• July 31, 2006 (203k PDF)
  In Search of the Real Jersey Tomato, Part I
• July 17, 2006 (198k PDF)
  Harvest History Detectives: Eye on the Jersey Peach; Out of the orchard into the bottle: Peach Cider; The Gourmet Peach; Homegrown Memories; Grape Expectations: New Jersey Wines
• July 3, 2006 (203k PDF)
  Quit Beefing, Eat Seafood!; Colors of the Garden; All the Tadoo about Residue
• June 19, 2006 (210k PDF)
  A Legend from the New Jersey Pine Barrens: This One is True and it's Blue; Superfood Defined;
  A Case of the Jersey Blues; Jersey Fresh Organic Blueberries?; Notes from the Field
• June 5, 2006 (169k PDF)
  Jersey Fresh really is "fresh off the farm"; Asparagus - it's healthy and got Jersey in its roots; Strawberries - get 'em while they're ripe!