New Jersey’s Top Two Crops Feed America, But It’s Not the One You Most Expect

TRENTON, N.J. —New Jersey’s agricultural identity is so tightly tied to “Jersey Fresh” tomatoes and famously sweet blueberries that it’s easy to assume the state’s top crops would come straight from a summer farm stand—but they don’t. Hidden behind that expectation is a quieter reality: two of New Jersey’s most significant agricultural products are not only less celebrated, they’re often completely overlooked by the people who c...