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Contact person: A 1 Galetta
7201 Weymouth Road
Hammonton, NJ 08037
Phone; (609) 561-8600
Fax: (609)561-5033
Website: http://www.atlantic
blueberry.com/
The Atlantic Blueberry Com
pany is the largest blueberry
farm in the U.S., and produces
more than 1,300 acres of blue
berries in the scenic Pinelands of
southern New Jersey. Farmers
from the Garden State harvest
approximately 37 million
pounds of blueberries per year,
ranking second in the nation in
total blueberry cultivation. Op
erated by the Galetta family, the
Atlantic Blueberry Company
has been in operation since 1935.
• Lund’s Fisheries, Inc.
Tour#3
Contact person: Wayne Re-
ichle
997 Ocean Drive
Cape May, NJ 08210
Phone: (609)884-7600
Fax- (609) 884-0664
E-mail: Lundsfish@Lunds
fish. com
Website: http://www.hmds
flsh. com/
Lund’s Fisheries is one of the
largest producers of fresh and
frozen seafood in the country.
Lund’s has been incorporated
since 1954, and is located in his
toric Cape May, N.J. The port of
Cape May-Wildwood is the
third largest seasport on the
East Coast in total pounds of
seafood landed each year. In Oc
tober of 1994, Lund’s also
opened a West Coast plant to
produce “Sun Coast Brand
Calamari” in Oxnard, Calif.
Their fleet of owner-operated
fishing vessels harvests a variety
of species such as, squid, mack
erel, herring, monkfish, porgie
(scup), and butterfish
• HublandFarm Tour #4
Contact persons: John and
Martha Hubschmidt
Herdsman: M. Christian Tice
178 Seeley Cohansey Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Hubland Farms has many
times been the winner of pre
mier breeder and exhibitor at
.he All-New Jersey Holstein
Show. The herd consists of
many daughters of Rudolph and
Storm from Semex and many of
.he top bulls at Select Sire
Power. The herd averages about
25,000 pounds milk on approxi
mately 100 cows. The current
BAA is about 106. More than
100 Excellent cows have been
med by the Hubschmidt’s.
Prefix is Hubbys. The herd is se
lected for type and production
)n an equal basis.
• Blueberry and Cranberry
Research and Extension Center
—Tour#l
Contact person: Dr. Nicholi
Vorsa
125 A Lake Oswego Road
Chatsworth, NJ 08019
Phone: (609) 726-1590
Fax: (609)726-1593
http://www.aesop.
Website:
rutgers.edu/bluecran
The Blueberry and Cranberry
Research and Extension Center
maintains the largest blueberry
and cranberry germplasm col
lection in the world. The center
is a substation of the New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station
of Rutgers University. Located
within the Pinelands area ot
New Jersey, the center develops
and distributes research to
ensure the continued production
of high-quality blueberries and
cranberries. New Jersey is
ranked second in the production
of blueberries and third in the
production of cranberries in the
U.S.
• Blue Sterling Nursery:
372 Seeley Cohansey Road
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: (856) 451-2259 or 1-
800-5-CONIFER
Fax: (856) 451-2442
Website: http://www.bluester
ling.com/
Blue Sterling Nursery is a
wholesale nursery specializing
in dwarf and slow growing con
ifers and unusual plants. As one
of the foremost propagators of
Genetically Superior Cultiva
tors™, they produce plants such
as acer, azalea, cryptomeria,
ginkgo, ilex, vibrunum, etc. Blue
Sterling Nursery is located in
Cumberland County, the largest
ornamentals producing county
in New Jersey. The ornamental
industry is the largest segment
of the New Jersey Agricultural
Industry, with growers pro
ducing more than $299 million
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• Sheppard Farms
Contact: Erwin Sheppard
288 Co-Op Drive
P.O. Box 245
Cedarville, NJ
Phone: (609) 447-4585
Fax:(856)451-2442
Sheppard Farms is one of the
largest fresh-market vegetable
farms in the Northeast. They
produce tomatoes, asparagus,
cucumbers, lettuce, and pep
pers. New Jersey is well-known
for the production of its “Jersey
tomatoes,” but the Garden State
also ranks third in the country in
the production of bell peppers.
Sheppard Farms is a complete
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• Showplace Farms
Contact person: Bix DiMeo
505 Route 33
Englishtown, NJ 07726
Phone: (732)446-3100
Fax: (732)446-4819
Website: www.showplace
farms.com
As far as equine training cen
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Farms is the place to be. Located
on 150 acres in Millstone Town
ship, Showplace Farms provides
the finest year-round training
facilities and a dedicated, highly
experienced staff to serve your
needs. The Showplace training
center includes a nine-sixteenths
mile sand track, blacksmith and
tack shops, a rustic, half-mile
wood-chip trail in the woods, a
heater indoor 90,000-gallon
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