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The state's annual agriculture convention in Atlantic City focused on how to grow the hemp industry in the Garden State.

The wine industry alone had a $323 million impact on the state’s economy in 2016. That's a 39.9 percent increase from 2011.

It’s lunchtime at Alphabets Preschool Center in Asbury Park.

Because of programs like Breakfast After the Bell, the Department of Agriculture says the number of students having breakfast at school in Paterson has increased.

Beekeeping in New Jersey in the past was regulated by municipalities, but a 2015 law set statewide standards to maintain the health of bee colonies. ...

New Jersey ranks ninth in the country in agritourism.

New research has found New Jersey's growing season for farmers is starting earlier, more like Maryland or Virginia, since temperatures are warming.

Politicians man battle positions over salvaging Atlantic City government. But the fight is also over salvaging unions collective bargaining rights. Add more Newark school buildings ...

Sanctuary cities are on notice. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would make municipalities report illegal immigrants or lose federal funding. A swarm ...

The gypsy moth population is booming in North Jersey, which is bad news for trees since the caterpillars are voracious leaf eaters.

He's a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposed to the Democratic president's foreign relations. At issue: Iran. For Sen. Robert Menendez, the emerging ...

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture says horticulture, the practice of garden cultivation and management, is the largest sector of the state's agriculture.