Organic Farming Group To Offer
*New Farmer Course * At N.J. College
PENNINGTON, N.J. Have
you ever thought about starting a
farm? New Jersey’s proximity to
large consumer markets offers
tremendous opportunity for
small-scale farm businesses, but
the barriers to entry can be
daunting.
A new course offered by the
Northeast Organic Farming As
sociation of New Jersey (NOFA
NJ) and Mercer County Commu
nity College (MCCC), promises
to show would-be farmers that it
can be done.
“Exploring the Small Farm
Dream: Is Starting an Agricultur
al Business Right for You?” will
begin on Sept. 9, from 6:30 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. and will run for four
consecutive Tuesday evenings.
Classroom sessions will be con
ducted at the Mercer County
Community College West Wind
sor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550.
In addition to the evening ses
sions, a field trip to a successful
small farm business in Mercer
County will be arranged.
Instructors for the course will
be Pam Flory, former farm man
ager at North Slope Farm in
Lambertville and at Spring Hill
Farm in Hopewell, and Laura
Sayre, program manager at
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NOFA-NJ and a former employ
ee at the Watershed Organic
Farm in Pennington.
“Starting a farm business
like starting any business in
volves risk, but it can be extreme
ly rewarding,” said NOFA-NJ’s
executive director, Karen Ander
son. “Our hope is that this class
will help people make realistic
projections about those risks and
rewards, and move toward their
goal of working the land. De
mand for locally-grown and or
ganic produce in this region is
rapidly outpacing supply, so one
of our major goals as an organi
zation is to help new farmers
enter the field.”
The Exploring the Small Farm
Dream curriculum was originally
developed by the New England
CREP Expands Northward
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Conservation leaders recently
announced 100,000 acres in 23
additional counties in the north
ern part of the state are eligible
for enrollment in the conserva
tion reserve enhancement pro-
sAbamAg
Small Farm Institute, a non-prof
it organization providing educa
tional and other resources to be
ginning, limited-resource, part
time, and small-scale farmers in
the northeast. Funding to bring
the course to New Jersey was
provided in part by First Pioneer
Farm Credit’s AgEnhancement
Program.
Tuition for the course is $l5O
including materials, although two
people working on the same farm
business idea may attend for a
single tuition of $l7O, including
two copies of all course materials.
Registration can be completed
online at www.mccc.edu (do a
search for course #XCP26S), or
by calling MCCC at (609)
586-9446.
gram (CREP).
Sign-up begins Sept. 2 for the
23 counties, which make up
Pennsylvania’s upper Susquehan
na River basin from the central
part of the state north to the New
York border.
The first CREP was an
nounced three years ago for
100,000 acres in 20 Pennsylvania
counties in the southcentral
part of the state. The ex
panded CREP includes all
43 Pennsylvania counties in
the Chesapeake Bay water
shed.
CREP is a voluntary pro
gram that pays participants
to plant hardwood trees or
establish grass filter strips,
riparian forest buffers, vege
tation, streambank fencing,
and other conservation prac
tices on environmentally sen
sitive land. In return, partici
pants receive annual rental
payments, cost-share assist
ance, and other financial in
centives.
Interested farmers and
ranchers should contact their
local FSA offices for more in
formation on eligibility re
quirements and application
procedures. Additional in
formation is also available
online at http://
www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/
cepd/crep.htm.
A detailed report on the
expanded CREP is sched
uled for the next issue of
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Grange Fair Results
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QRAND CHAMPION
Garrett Singer
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Jody Weaver
SHOWMANSHIP
Youth Champion: Coleman Hoffman
Reserve: Bridgit Stitzer.
Third; Jessica Stover.
Junior Champion: Garrett Singer.
Reserve: Ryan Singer.
Third: Dustin Gates.
Intermediate Champion: Amanda Stover.
Reserve: Kirk Stover.
Third: Lisa Kislmg.
Senior Champion; Makala Gordon.
Reserve: Allen Stover.
GRAND CHAMPION
Garrett Singer
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Makala Gordon
JUNIOR SHEEP SHOW
CHEVIOT
Junior ram lamb: 1. Knstm Pratt. 2. Kris
tin Pratt.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Knstin Pratt.
2. Knstin Pratt.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Knstin Pratt. 2. Kns
tin Pratt.
Champion; Knstin Pratt.
CORRIEDALE
Senior ram lamb: 1. Philip Wise.
Junior ram lamb; 1. Philip Wise.
Ewe 1 year and under 2. 1. Philip Wise.
2. Philip Wise.
Junior ewe lamb; 1. Philip Wise. 2. Philip
Wise.
Champion; Philip Wise.
DORSET
Senior ram lamb: 1. Mary Martz. 2. Mary
Martz.
Junior ram lamb; 1. lan Squier-Nauman.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Mary Martz.
2. Mary Martz.
Senior ewe lamb; 1. Mary Martz. 2. Mary
Martz. 3. Mark Zimmerman.
Champion; Mary Martz.
SHROPSHIRE
Junior ram lamb; 1. Jessica McMurtne.
2. Jennifer Wise. 3. Jennifer Wise.
Ewe 1 year and under 2; 1. Jennifer
Wise. 2. Jennifer Wise. 3. Jessica McMur
tne.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Jennifer Wise. 2.
Jennifer Wise. 3. Jessica McMurtne.
Champion Ram; Jessica McMurtne.
Reserve: Jennifer Wise.
Champion Ewe: Jennifer Wise.
Reserve: Jennifer Wise.
SOUTHDOWN
Senior ram lamb: 1. Michael Wise.
Junior ram lamb: 1. Gregory McMurtne.
2. Gregory McMurtne. 3. Michael Wise.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Michael
Wise. 2. Gregory McMurtne. 3. Gregory
McMurtne.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Michael Wise. 2. Mi
chael Wise. 3. Gregory McMurtne.
Champion Ram; Gregory McMurtne.
Reserve: Michael Wise.
Champion Ewe: Michael Wise.
Reserve; Michael Wise.
SUFFOLK
Ewe 1 year and under 2. 1. Jayson
Harpster.
Junior ewe lamb’ 1. Jayson Harpster. 2.
Jayson Harpster.
Champion: Jayson Harpster.
KATHADIN
Senior ram lamb: 1 Katrina Shope 2.
Katrina Shope.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1 Katnna
Shope. 2. Katnna Shope.
Junior ewe lamb. 1. Katnna Shope. 2
Katrina Shope.
Champion; Katnna Shope
FINNSHEEP
Junior ram lamb: 1. Jonathan Lumley-
Sapanski. 2. Jonathan Lumley-Sapanski.
Champion: Jonathan Lumley-Sapanski
ICELANDIC
Junior ram lamb: 1. Paige Arthur. 2.
Paige Arthur.
Junior ewe lamb: 1 Tess Arthur 2 Paige
Arthur. 3. Paige Arthur.
Champion: Paige Arthur.
MONTADALE
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Chris Zimmerman. 2
Mark Zimmerman.
Champion:
Chris Zimmer
man.
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Junior ram lamb: 1. Mary Martz. 2. Mary
Martz. 3. Paige Arthur.
Ewe 1 year and under 2:1. Marian Mills.
2. Mary Martz. 3. Mary Martz.
Junior ewe lamb; 1. Mary Martz. 2. Mary
Martz. 3. Manan Mills.
Champion Ram: Mary Martz
Reserve; Mary Martz.
Champion Ewe: Manan Mills.
Reserve: Mary Martz.
OXFORD
Senior ram lamb: 1. Philip Wise.
Junior ram lamb: 1. Philip Wise.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Philip Wise.
2. Philip Wise.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Philip Wise. 2. Philip
Wise.
Champion: Philip Wise.
RAMBOUILLET
Senior ram lamb: 1. Jennifer Wise.
Junior ram lamb: 1. Jennifer Wise.
Ewe 1 year and under 2' 1. Jennifer
Wise. 2. Jennifer Wise.
Senior ewe lamb: 1. Jennifer Wise.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Jennifer Wise.
Champion; Jennifer Wise.
TUNIS
Junior ram lamb: 1. Russell Schaufler.
Champion: Russell Schaufler.
HAMPSHIRE
Junior ram lamb: 1. Michael Wise. 2. Mi
chael Wise. 3. Moms Pratt.
Ewe 1 year and under 2: 1. Michael
Wise. 2. Michael Wise. 3. Moms Pratt.
Junior ewe lamb: 1. Michael Wise. 2. Mi
chael Wise. 3. Jayson Harpster
Champion: Michael Wise.
MARKET LAMB
Light lightweight; 1. Knstm Pratt. 2. Kris
tin Pratt. 3. Nikolas Packer.
Medium lightweight: 1. Moms Pratt. 2
Chambers Squier-Nauman 3. Kerry Snyd-
Heavy lightweight: 1. Jessica McMurtne
2. Whitney Crater. 3. Miranda Carter.
Champion: Jessica McMurtne.
Reserve: Kristin Pratt.
Light mediumweight; 1. Peter Knepp. 2.
Chambers Squier-Nauman. 3. Dayton
Spackman.
Medium mediumweight; 1. George Pet
ers. 2. Hayson Harpster. 3. Krystal Wasson.
Heavy mediumweight: 1 Kathryn Peters
2. Stephanie Herbstntt. 3. Krystal Wasson.
Champion: Kathiyn Peters
Reserve: George Peters.
Light lightheavyweight- 1. Jessica
McMurtne. 2. Gregory McMurtne. 3. Abbie
Spackman.
Medium lightheavyweight; 1. Garrett
Singer. 2. Kathryn Peters. 3. Jody Weaver.
Heavy lightheavyweight: 1. Lisa Zimmer
man. 2. Ann Weaver. 3. Kerry Snyder.
Champion: Garrett Singer.
Reserve; Lisa Zimmerman
Light heavyweight; 1. Garrett Singer. 2.
Gregory McMurtne. 3. Ryan Singer.
Medium heavyweight: 1. Jayson
Harpster. 2. Mark Zimmerman. 3. Mary
Martz.
Heavy heavyweight: 1. Mary Martz. 2.
Ryan Singer. 3. Mark Zimmerman.
Champion: Garrett Singer.
Reserve: Greg McMurtne
GRAND CHAMPION
Garrett Singer
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Jessica McMurtne
SHOWMANSHIP
Yduth: 1. Kerry Snyder. 2. Sara Packer.
3. Isaac Smith.
Junior; 1. Mary Martz 2 Abby Spack
man. 3. Mark Zimmerman
Intermediate. 1. Lisa Zimmerman 2. Gar
rett Singer. 3. Dayton Spackman.
Senior 1. Ryan Singer 2. George Peters
3. Steph Herfostntt
GRAND CHAMPION
Jessica McMurtne
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Mary Martz
SHEEP FITTING
Youth. 1. Kerry Snyder 2 Megan Deck
er 3. Issac Smith
Junior- 1. Abbey Spackman 2. Nikolas
Packer. 3. Jody Weaver.
Intermediate: 1. Garrett Singer. 2. Dayton
Spackman. 3. Paige Arthur
Senior 1. George Peters 2 Ryan Singer
3. Whitney Crater.
GRAND CHAMPION
Jon Lumley-Sapanski
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Jessica McMurtne