MCEDC Agriculture & Home Resiliency Webinar Series

MCEDC presents a FREE Educational Webinar Series! Running virtually on Thursdays throughout May from 12:00-1:30pm, learn how to be more resilient from experts in various fields like homesteading, farming, and disaster preparedness. Learn more about this initiative and see example lessons: Home Resiliency – Morris County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC)

Series Full Schedule:

May 8th | 12PM – Click Here To Register
Backyard Gardening, Peter Nitzsche, Rutgers University Cooperative Extension of Morris County
Canning/ Food Preservation, Jennifer Taylor, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County

May 15th | 12PM – Click Here To Register
Emergency Kit, Family Disaster Plan, Are You Prepared?
Jeff Paul, Morris County Office of Emergency Management

May 22nd | 12PM – Click Here To Register
Edible Landscape, Brady Smith
Urban & Community Gardens, Lisa Alexander, Grow It Green
Minimizing Food Waste, Heather Thompson, Table 2 Table
Minimizing Food Waste, Amy Rowe, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Essex County

May 29th | 12PM – Click Here To Register
Backup Power Supply
Lithium Battery Safety, Nick Dunbar, Lithium Fire Guard
Know Your Risks, Jamie Sara, Plymouth Rock

Our Purpose and Mission

Morris County is located at the center of a ten (10) county region in Northern NJ, 50-100 miles from New York City and within a major metropolitan region located along the eastern seaboard. The Port of NY/NJ (Newark) is the largest on the east coast. Morris County has 500,000+ residents and 20K+ businesses and is an economic engine with $69 billion GRP.

In the event of a major supply chain disruption due to geopolitical conflict and/or environmental catastrophe that could negatively impact food supply, thereby impacting the quality of life and economy, the Morris County EDC has formed an ad hoc committee to evaluate how best to proceed with a plan for the short, medium long-term including partnerships to create and investments to be made. The coalition is broad given the understanding that there are larger considerations including water quality, communications, energy and fuel for heat, cooling and transportation, distribution and storage which impact preparedness as part of any disaster planning. Additionally, the role of the state and federal government needs to be considered in addition to county and local governments.