4:1-46 - Legislative findings - New Jersey Statutes

4:1-46.  Legislative findings
    The Legislature finds that agriculture continues to be one of the leading industries of the State with annual gross sales of nearly $300,000,000.00 and employing more than 40,000 people, either seasonally or year-round;  that it is  in the interest of the nonfarm people of the State that our farmers continue to  own and operate their farms so that New Jersey can remain the Garden State;   that the loss of farms in this State continues to be a serious threat to the  preservation of green acres and open space;  and that the farmers and the  agri-business industry need help to encourage the retention of agriculture, to  find ways of making it economically viable, and to expand its scope in the  State.

     L.1971, c. 327, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.