CHESTER, NJ — Kurt Alstede, Widespread Supervisor of Alstede Farms, was recently sworn in for a seat on New Jersey’s State Board of Agriculture.

Alstede took his oath By way of the Board of Agriculture’s reorganization meeting on July 28 On the Horse Park Of latest Jersey, Collectively with Lisa Specca of Specca Farms in Bordentown.

The two are filling seats that Erick Doyle of Stanton and Alfred Natali of Cape Might Courthouse, had sat in, with their time durations up in 2021. Based mostly on the roster from 2021, Doyle and Natali have been the board’s president and Vice chairman.

“Lisa Specca and Kurt Alstede supply A Quantity of expertise and expertise Which will significantly revenue the farmers and The complete agricultural group in our state,” New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher said in a information launch.

“Their views will assist Inside the continued development of agriculture Inside the Backyard State,” Fisher added about Alstede and Specca.

Alstede additionally serves on Morris County’s Board of Agriculture and was president of that board from 2003 to 2004. He is a director on Farm Credit rating East and is a member Of latest Jersey’s Farm Bureau. He has additionally been with The mannequin new Jersey State Committee of the Farm Service Agency and New Jersey Agricultural Management Enchancment Program.

Alstede Farms, Definitely one of many farms which drives agritourism to the area, frequently staffs 30 full-time staff and roughly 200 in seasonal jobs.

In the position of president and Vice chairman of the board, David DeFrange of Frenchtown was elected president and Ernest Beier of Mickleton, Vice chairman, On the reorganization meeting.

Every of the board’s eight members fulfill a 4-yr time period, with a minimal Of 4 of them representing “The very biggest commodity teams Inside the state,” sassist Jeff Wolfe, a spokesman for the Board of Agriculture.