Your voice matters Open Space&Farmland Preservation
Autumn wouldn't be the same without pumpkin picking, apples, cider (and those awesome fresh made cider donuts!). All around the Tri state, families pile the kids in the car and head to the country to enjoy hayrides, corn maze adventures, and to create great family memories that become part of a tradition.
We treasure those moments together-captured against backgrounds of magnificent autumn colors. Blue skies, vibrant colored leaves and vivid shades of green- in combinations that can't be duplicated...but can be preserved-through the continued funding of NJ's Open Space and Farmland Preservation efforts.
But preserving agriculture in the Garden State is about much more.
According to the NJ Department of Agriculture:
"The $82 billion food and agriculture complex is one of New Jersey’s largest industries, ranking after pharmaceuticals and tourism in the economic benefits it brings to the state."
"Retaining productive, taxpaying farmland is critically important to all New Jersey residents since agriculture is the largest single source of the scenic vistas we all enjoy throughout the year. Productive farmland covers 733,450 acres.
Farmers in the Garden State produce more than 100 different kinds of fruits and vegetables for consumers to enjoy either fresh or processed here in New Jersey and elsewhere in the Northeast, in Canada and in many countries around the world. Nationally, New Jersey is one of the top ten producers of blueberries, cranberries, peaches, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, snap beans, spinach, and squash.
In addition, growers also produced hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of specialty crops that added a unique flavor to the Garden State’s bounty. Vineyards, for example, are a growing segment of the industry, enabling the state’s more than 30 vintners to develop a wide variety of award-winning New Jersey wines."
On November 3 State Question #1 will offer voters a voice in insuring that those traditions, pleasures and treasures of the Garden State will be here to be enjoyed by all, for years to come. Farmland Preservation and Open Space funding has long lasting benefits-improving the quality of our water, food and lifestyle in New Jersey.
Sussex Naturally would like to remind you that your voice matters:
Vote on November 3rd-State Question #1
We treasure those moments together-captured against backgrounds of magnificent autumn colors. Blue skies, vibrant colored leaves and vivid shades of green- in combinations that can't be duplicated...but can be preserved-through the continued funding of NJ's Open Space and Farmland Preservation efforts.
But preserving agriculture in the Garden State is about much more.
According to the NJ Department of Agriculture:
"The $82 billion food and agriculture complex is one of New Jersey’s largest industries, ranking after pharmaceuticals and tourism in the economic benefits it brings to the state."
"Retaining productive, taxpaying farmland is critically important to all New Jersey residents since agriculture is the largest single source of the scenic vistas we all enjoy throughout the year. Productive farmland covers 733,450 acres.
Farmers in the Garden State produce more than 100 different kinds of fruits and vegetables for consumers to enjoy either fresh or processed here in New Jersey and elsewhere in the Northeast, in Canada and in many countries around the world. Nationally, New Jersey is one of the top ten producers of blueberries, cranberries, peaches, tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, snap beans, spinach, and squash.
In addition, growers also produced hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of specialty crops that added a unique flavor to the Garden State’s bounty. Vineyards, for example, are a growing segment of the industry, enabling the state’s more than 30 vintners to develop a wide variety of award-winning New Jersey wines."
On November 3 State Question #1 will offer voters a voice in insuring that those traditions, pleasures and treasures of the Garden State will be here to be enjoyed by all, for years to come. Farmland Preservation and Open Space funding has long lasting benefits-improving the quality of our water, food and lifestyle in New Jersey.
Sussex Naturally would like to remind you that your voice matters:
Vote on November 3rd-State Question #1
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