Cover Stories

Farm to Fork: Allentown farmers market finds room to grow

By R.H. Schmitt Jr. Central Jersey, particularly Mercer and Monmouth counties, remain home to a rich network of family farms that continue to shape the region’s landscape, economy and identity.  In...

At the crossroads of war and independence

By R. H. Schmitt Jr. Trenton, Princeton and Mercer County have long commanded much of New Jersey’s Revolutionary War...

History takes the center stage for America’s 250th

Before there was a country, there was a a river crossing in the dark, a capital city waiting...

Foundation gives a future to retired Standardbred racehorses

By Jane Meggitt A horse once headed for slaughter surged through traffic, scaffolding and parked cars on a Manhattan...

Strategic Plan Rethinks Modern Library Space In Plainsboro

The Plainsboro Public Library is asking residents to help shape the next phase of one of the township’s...

Meet the CEO of Stonyfield Farm

Gary Hirshberg spent his first 20 years at Stonyfield Farm trying to convince the world that he could make a viable industry out of...

Feeding Our Hungry Planet Without Destroying It

It has gotten little public attention, but the interrelationship between malnutrition and global warming is as serious and as paradoxical as it gets. Worldwide,...

Biotech Lectures, Feeding the Earth, and More

Wednesday, April 29: Sustainable Biotech Location: Carl A....

Pedro Sanchez: A Smarter Way To Combat Hunger

Pedro Sanchez, a senior research scholar and director of tropical agriculture at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will participate in the panel “How...

Using Science To End World Hunger

A popular perception of the phrase “genetically engineered food” looks something like Victor Frankenstein’s lab. Only evil. Particularly in Europe, where genetically modified produce...

Bill Freese: Food-Sci vs.Sci-Fi

Bill Freese is tired of promises. In the 30 years since scientists first announced that they could crack the secrets of plant and seeds...
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