by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jun 11, 2020 | Energy, Middlesex, New Jersey
(Photo by Peter Miller / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) The town of Princeton, NJ has flipped the switch on its energy provider. As of June 1, close to 90 percent of its households are now powered — at least in part — by locally sourced renewable energy. All Princeton residents...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | May 27, 2020 | Energy, Middlesex, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy Solar Landscape) Up until mid-May, 21-year-old Emmanuel Tolentine of Scotch Plains, New Jersey worked as a cashier at QuickChek — a job he says was less than satisfying. “I was ready to get out of there, honestly,” he says. “Everyone was so rude. It’s...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | May 19, 2020 | Agriculture, Hunterdon, New Jersey
Tama Matsuoka Wong (center) and friends foraging for wild plants (Photo: Chad Brauze) From purslane to garlic mustard, weeds have a talent for popping up exactly where we don’t want them. But Tama Matsuoka Wong doesn’t fault them for that. A professional forager...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Apr 30, 2020 | Middlesex, New Jersey, Sustainable Business
(Photo illustration via Metuchen Virtual Market and SmartMockups.com) Metuchen – In early March, the board of volunteers behind the Metuchen Farmers Market in Metuchen, New Jersey, held a meeting to address a dilemma: How could they hold their indoor winter...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Apr 16, 2020 | Agriculture, Mercer, New Jersey
Photo courtesy Sherry Dudas This week, Sherry Dudas and Jim Kinsel, owners of Honey Brook Organic Farm, are packing around 250 boxes of farm-fresh vegetables to deliver to customers. With the coronavirus making something as simple as grocery store runs a risk,...
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