The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, comprised of the state’s growers, shippers, marketers, specialists from the Rutgers Cooperative extension and related industry professionals, is a nonprofit voluntary organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining a viable peach industry from New Jersey.   

With a good crop of peaches being thinned for size and quality, New Jersey growers — like most farmers — are working under new protocols to protect farm workers’ health during the virus pandemic while using stringent food safety regulations.   

“Growing peaches is a labor intensive process, said Santo John Maccherone, owner of Circle M Farms near Salem, NJ. “We strive to grow the very best peaches without cutting corners on the process of food safety and a safe environment for our workers.“