Keep Your Table Jersey Fresh at Farmer's Markets and Stands from the Morristown Area

MORRIS COUNTY - Looking for fresh produce and local products from farm stands. Four are happening in our area today with one tomorrow.

Happening today, Saturday July 20 is the Morris Plains Farmers Market and the Urban Farm Stand.

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The Morris Plains Farmers Market is open every Saturday from 9am - 1pm through November 30. The farmers market is located at 771 Speedwell Avenue in Morris Plains.

The Urban Farm Stand Urban Farm hosts a farm stand every Thursday from 3 - 6 p.m. and every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. from June - October.

And on Sunday is Morristown's Farmers Market  is open each Sunday thereafter until November 24 . Shoppers are welcome each week between 8:30 am and 1:00 pm to see, smell, sample and delight in everything Jersey Fresh.

The term" Jersey Fresh" was established by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture in 1984. The branding was designed to inform consumers which fruits and vegetables were grown in the Garden State. The red and green logo guarantees that the produce you are buying was grown in New Jersey, just a short distance from our region. Our state grows more than 100 different varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs and is ranked nationally in the top 10 as producer of such items as blueberries, peaches, bell peppers, squash, tomatoes and cranberries. New Jersey is home to over 9,883 farms, with approximately 734000 acres.

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Jersey Fresh is important for many reasons as pointed out by the Jersey Fresh program including produce harvested locally and more recently is fresher and has better flavor than produce that travels across the country, when your food doesn’t travel long distances, you’re promoting better air quality and reducing pollution, and when you buy local, you support family owned farms and as a result those families can afford to stay on the farm. As we see progress take many farms, it is important to note that they will survive only as long as farms are financially viable. Purchasing locally grown food, helps preserve the those lands.

Local farm stands and markets include:

Morris Plains Farmers Markets; Saturdays

Madison Farmers Market; Saturdays

Morristown Farmers Market; Sundays

Urban Farm Stand in Morristown; Saturdays

Chatham Farmers Market; Saturdays

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