by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 16, 2020 | Ecology, Education, Mercer, New Jersey, Wildlife
An iNaturalist user checks out a previous monarch butterfly observation made as part of Tally the Valley. (Photo courtesy: Rachel Kaufman) Every summer, New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) hosts a butterfly count. Volunteers...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Mercer, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Painted Oak) As schools across the country debate how to safely reopen in the fall, Lisa Wolff, executive director of New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, has heard her fair share of ideas — some more practical than...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 1, 2020 | Agriculture, Mercer, New Jersey
Community gardeners pick up plants, seeds, fertilizer, and books at Isles garden distributions. (Photo credit: Isles) Fifty pounds of lettuce, greens and radishes — that’s the donation that Trenton-based Isles, Inc. made to a local food bank in early June. Like other...
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,...
by Dan Preston - CivicStory | Apr 14, 2020 | Burlington, Camden, Ecology, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, New Jersey, Other Sources, Salem, Sussex, Warren, Water
Story and video produced by CivicStory as part of “From the Source: Stories of the Delaware River,” a reporting collaborative organized by the Lenfest Institute. The Delaware River watershed provides drinking water to more than 13 million people, including...
by Kelly Ramos - The Nubian News | Nov 1, 2019 | Mercer, New Jersey, Waste
Image Caption: “Disco Soup 15 September 2017” by londonfoodlink is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 TRENTON – Locally and nationally food waste causes damage to the environment and the economy. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
