Project Overview
As New Jersey’s population grows, farmers and non-farmers are being brought closer together. The results can be positive or negative for farmers, depending in large part on how farmers respond. Some grab ahold of the enhanced proximity to consumers and cultivate new markets, relationships, and educational opportunities with neighbors and municipalities. Others may limit their engagement or be confrontational when issues arise.
This project’s objective was to minimize these human relationship risks and their impacts on farmers´ bottom lines (i.e. the financial/legal risks of time and money spent on litigation) by soliciting, compiling, and presenting a collection of advice, tips, and strategies other farmers have employed. This advice was published in a then-distributed educational booklet and further conveyed through farmer-panels at 6 winter conferences, reaching 1500 farmers, with 230 identifying one or more strategies to apply on-farm the same year, and 94 confirming later that they did apply a strategy.
Number of Participants: 269
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
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REPORTS & EVALUATIONS
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