I’m happy to report that the New Jersey Department of Agriculture says that Jersey tomatoes and sweet corn have arrived just in time for the July 4th holiday week. As most people who have tasted them know, Jersey tomatoes are the best on the planet. Your best bet is to find a roadside stand. There are a bunch of them on the Black Horse Pike/Rt. 322, the White Horse Pike and most other country roads in the Southern portion of the state. Blueberries are also here—I’ve been picking at Allen’s family farm, as well as raspberries and peaches. I picked a pound or so of raspberries and 16lbs. of peaches last weekend at Mood’s Farm Market. For those of you who only think of NJ as the chemical corridor in the north, here are a few farm facts. Despite being one of the smallest states in the nation in acreage, in 2006, New Jersey ranked 9th in the nation in tomato production with 52.2 million pounds. New Jersey’s sweet corn crop was ranked 8th in the nation with 77 million pounds. Yummy!