LOWER ALLOWAY CREEK TWP. -- A Salem County organic farm received a $64,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will help pay for the installation of a photovoltaic array or solar cell renewable energy system.
Neptune Farm LLC on Harmersville-Canton Road here where beef, lamb, asparagus and blueberries are grown, received this grant which is the first of its kind in the state of New Jersey.
The grant is under Title IX, Section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act passed in 2002 (The Farm Bill).
The program currently funds grants and loan guarantees to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for assistance with purchasing renewable energy systems and making energy efficiency improvements.
Torrey Reade, the owner of Neptune Farm, said she is very excited about the solar power grant that will pay 25 percent of the installation cost. Around 62 percent of the project is paid by the New Jersey Clean Energies Program administered by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Neptune Farms is covering the rest of the project..... read more
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