Farming

I will fight to end food deserts once and for all and make sure every family no matter their zip code or income has access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. No child in New Jersey or anywhere in America should grow up surrounded by fast food and convenience stores while struggling to find a single grocery store with fresh produce. I will push for the creation of community gardens and local food hubs across our state transforming vacant lots, school grounds, and unused spaces into thriving centers of nourishment, education, and unity. These spaces will feed our communities, teach valuable skills, create local jobs, and bring people together around a shared purpose.

But we won’t stop there. We must stand up for the hardworking New Jersey farmers who feed us and form the backbone of our food system. For too long, small and mid-sized farms have been squeezed out by massive corporations and industrial agriculture that care more about profit margins than people or the planet. When I get to Congress, I will fight to ensure New Jersey’s farmers get the support they deserve addressing the economic challenges, rising costs, and environmental pressures that threaten their livelihoods.

I will take on the powerful meatpacking corporations and the industrial agriculture giants that have crushed competition, polluted our soil and water, and driven small family farms out of business. It’s time to break up these monopolies, restore fairness to our markets, and make family-owned farms the new norm once again just like they were for generations before us.

I will also champion sustainable and environmentally conscious farming that protects our land, preserves our water, and reduces emissions. Feeding our communities must never come at the cost of our environment. By investing in clean technology, regenerative practices, and renewable energy for agriculture. We can make New Jersey a model for green farming and food independence.

And we must look toward the future. I will launch programs to educate, train, and inspire the next generation of farmers giving young people across New Jersey the tools, resources, and opportunities to lead the future of agriculture. Together, we will rebuild our food system from the ground up fair, independent, sustainable, and built to serve the people, not the corporations.