A Farm Market with No Cash Register?
With all of the rain and hot weather we’ve experienced, our farms are bursting with beautiful peppers, peaches, and plums. We’re full to the brim with cucumbers, collards, and corn. Don’t even get us started on zucchini!! Many farmers across the Garden State MORE>
Do you know why corn is considered a “community crop”?
July is an exciting time of year at the farm! It’s one of the only times in the season where we have volunteers out to harvest and plant at the same time. The crops we put into the fields early in the year are looking beautiful, and volunteers are MORE>
Do You Know Why Leafy Greens Can Survive a Frost?
On the farm at America’s Grow-A-Row, our fields are becoming full. After a long, cool, wet spring, the farm team (along with help of hundreds of volunteers) has been able to plant summer staples like tomatoes, peppers, and squash. Tree fruits in the orchard have begun to grow in MORE>
America’s Grow-a-Row Has a Lot to Celebrate in April!
America’s Grow-a-Row is a nonprofit farm dedicated to growing, gleaning, and giving fresh produce to our neighbors in need through a volunteer effort. We are excited that National Volunteer Month and Earth Day both occur in April, because volunteers and the Earth’s ability to help us produce are both MORE>
The (Healthy) Choice Is Yours
(by Julie Rusin) Instead of trying to completely overhaul people’s eating habits, our team encourages the students we work with each month to make healthy choices. Changing everything at once can be quite a shock and is very difficult to maintain over time. Instead, it’s important to focus on the MORE>
