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By Douglas H. Fisher, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture On Mar 6, 2014. New Jersey’s nickname, the Garden State, dates back to the late 1800s. According to a book by Alfred Heston in 1926, Abraham Browning of Camden called New Jersey the Garden State while speaking at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition on New Jersey Day.
Jul 13, 2021 · The small state packs a big punch in produce production. Originally printed in the June 2021 issue of Produce Business. There’s a good reason New Jersey is called the Garden State. This Mid-Atlantic state ranks in the top 10 in the nation in the production of fruit and vegetable crops such as blueberries, tomatoes, bell peppers, eggplant ...
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He portrayed his state as an "immense barrel filled with good things to eat and opened at both ends with Pennsylvanians drawing from one end and New Yorkers from the other."*. Mr. Browning used the words “Garden State” several times to describe New Jersey, and this apt phrase quickly became the state's widely recognized and enduring nickname.
Feb 7, 2008 · Reaping what they Sow. What's it worth... to keep the farm? By Christina Kozma | | February 7, 2008. What’s it worth… to keep the farm? Why exactly is New Jersey called the Garden State? According to a recent New Jersey Farm Bureau survey, nearly half of us aren’t sure.
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New Jersey's image as a heavily industrialized and densely populated state stands in direct contrast to the state's slogan on its license plate that proclaims New Jersey to be "The Garden State." The slogan suggests that agriculture remains the dominant characteristic of the state's economy into the present day. To the casual turnpike traveler pass...
The State of New Jersey is actually a peninsula of land joined only on its northern border to neighboring New York State. New Jersey's eastern boundary is its coastline on the Atlantic Ocean while south and west the state is bordered by the Delaware River and the Delaware Bay. New Jersey is a small state in terms of area with its longest north-to-s...
The first recorded agriculture in New Jersey was that practiced by Native Americans. Their efforts mainly involved the gathering of wild plants, nuts and berries, and the growing of a handful of crops that sustained them through the long winter months. The settlement of New Jersey by our colonial forefathers continued these practices but also invol...
Up to 1850, crop failures and worn out soil were all too common occurrences on New Jersey farms. To a largely uneducated farm community, the causes of these disasters were not understood and largely left to Providence. Without comprehending the reasons for such failures, the farmer was left to change occupations or move on to other farms and try ag...
By 1900, New Jersey was no longer a state where agriculture dominated. True, many farms were yet to be seen on the state's landscape, and the crop yield could be measured in millions of dollars. But, as elsewhere, New Jersey was transforming itself into an industrial state with large urban centers. This was especially true in the northeastern areas...
You have recently acquired a new penpal living in another part of the country. In an effort to get to know you better, the penpal asks you a number of questions. One expresses curiosity about your...Do you enjoy living in New Jersey or would you prefer living elsewhere? Write a brief essay being specific as to what you like or dislike about New Jersey.The New Jersey Assembly is debating the merits of proposed legislation requiring that the slogan "The Garden State" be retained on vehicle license plates. The Governor opposes the legislation and i...In an effort to compromise the views of the Governor and the Assembly over use of "The Garden State" slogan, the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles sponsors a statewide contest to seek new licen...Ever wonder how New Jersey got the nickname the Garden State? NJTV News Correspondent Erin Delmore investigated the answer with a curious 8-year-old.
Aug 9, 2017 · The “Garden State” is officially New Jersey’s slogan, because suprisingly it was not always. Gov. Christie signed a piece of legislation which made the state slogan official on Monday. The ...
