by Talia Wiener | Jul 29, 2022 | Agriculture, Article, Essex, Health-Justice, New Jersey, Nutrition
When the Montclair Community Farms mobile farm stand arrives at local senior housing facilities each week, the residents are already lined up and waiting, farm director Lana Mustafa said. “They’re really excited,” she said. But the lines keep getting longer as the...
by Talia Wiener | Jul 13, 2022 | Article, Cities-Parks, Ecology, Environmental Commissions, Essex, New Jersey, Waste
Composting doesn’t have to mean dealing with a stinky bin full of rotting food and pesky bugs. In Montclair, there are many ways to get the nutrients from food waste back into the soil — drop off your food scraps with a local organization to enrich their...
by Dana DiFilippo | May 31, 2022 | Agriculture, Article, Cities-Parks, Education, Environmental Justice, Mercer, New Jersey, Nutrition, Policy
Three years ago, Leslie Taylor knew nothing about gardening. Now she knows to plant marigolds to ward off bugs, rotate her crops to keep the soil healthy, and wait a few years to pick asparagus after planting it to ensure a bountiful harvest. Taylor learned that and...
by Clyde Hughes | May 28, 2022 | Agriculture, Article, Atlantic, Cities-Parks, Education, Environmental Justice, New Jersey, Nutrition
ATLANTIC CITY – There is some rejuvenation going on near Pennsylvania Avenue in Atlantic City, but if one drives by the empty concrete parking lots and abandoned buildings, they may miss it. In a strip of land next to the former St. Monica Catholic Church, Paige...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Dec 8, 2021 | Agriculture, Article, Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey, Sustainable Business, Transportation, Waste, Water
HAMMONTON—With the prevalence of plastic in virtually all aspects of life, there is an often unseen danger about which not much is known: microplastics. According to Amy Menzel, the chair of the Hammonton Green Committee and the communications manager for the Atlantic...
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