New Jersey State Resources
- Cooperative New Jersey Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture
- New Jersey Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA - This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities and top counties in ag sales.
- New Jersey Farmers' Markets
- New Jersey Marketing Profile
- New Jersey USDA Rural Development
- Rutgers Food Innovation Center
- More Links:
- Agriculture and Rural Development Services, New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
- Department of Economic Development Agency - Oversees the functions of business advocacy, international trade, accounts management, economic development, sustainable business, travel and tourism, urban enterprise zones and the development of small, women, and minority-owned businesses.
- Division of Rural Resources
- New Jersey County Small Business Development Centers
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture - Complete list of agricultural organizational contacts.
- New Jersey Department of Tourism
- Office of Small Growth
- New Jersey Small Business Development Centers - Provides services to propel New Jersey's small businesses to greater heights of success.
- State of New Jersey Home Page - Access to all departments.
- The Small Business Resource - Designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals. These are business decision makers - businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies, and plan a business start-up.
Individual contacts in New Jersey for specific value-added agriculture information:
| Margaret Brennan Associate Director New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cook College 88 Lipman Drive New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525 Phone: (732) 932-1000 x569 E-mail: brennan@aesop.rutgers.edu | Lou Cooperhouse, Director Rutgers University Food Innovation Center 450 E. Broad Street Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302-2601 Phone: (856) 459-1900 Fax: (856) 459-3043 E-mail: cooperhouse@aesop.rutgers.edu |
| Kenneth Drewes Business & Community Program Director 77518000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 500 5th Floor North Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 Phone: (856) 787-7751 Fax: (856) 787-7783 E-mail: Kenneth.Drewes@nj.usda.gov | Carol Coren Business Association Mentor Rutgers Food Innovation Center 87 East Commerce Street Bridgeton, NJ 08302 Phone: (856) 459-1125 Cell: (215) 939-4094 E-mail: coren@aesop.rutgers.edu E-mail: carolcoren@aol.com website: www.bam.rutgers.edu |
| Maureen Scaramella, Marketing Specialist New Jersey Department of Agriculture P.O. Box 330 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0330 Phone: (609) 292-5537 Fax: (609) 984-2508 E-mail: maureen.scaramella@ag.state.nj.us |
