LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – The Fulper family farm focuses on more than just milking cows. “The people wanted to know where their food comes from and we wanted a more consistent income,” Robert Fulper said. “We decided to capitalize on that.” The Fulpers recently started a dairy product line sold locally and formed an agri-tourism businessRead More
Fulper Family Farmstead: Dairy Goodness
In central New Jersey, not too far from the Delaware River, Fulper Farms may be one of the last of the dying breed of what once was a thriving enterprise in the state: dairy farms. Or, it may be one of the first of a new, reborn breed: a value-added dairy, where the milk doesn’tRead More
Experience an Authentic Farm Tour
If you’ve never been to a working dairy farm you owe it to yourself – and your children – to visit one – before they are all gone. The family-run small dairy farm is a vanishing breed. I spent some time recently at the Fulper Farm in West Amwell, NJ, a 5th generation modern dairyRead More
Fulper Farms is branching out from milk to more profitable cheese, Greek yogurt
WEST AMWELL — The long rows of milk cartons at supermarkets tend to give the impression of great abundance and demand. However, at one of New Jersey’s remaining dairy farms the milk production has not translated into robust profits in recent years. Only a few times in the past 10 years have milk prices actuallyRead More
I Believe: ‘The Farmer of Today Must Evolve with a New Demand: Connecting with the Consumer’
By Breanna Fulper From waking up to milk cows at 4:30 a.m. to stacking hay at night, my siblings and I grew up in an environment where a strong work ethic is expected and praised. As the fifth generation of our family’s 104-year old dairy farm, we are much different than our peers, classmates andRead More