Genesis Farm in Blairstown is joining several other organic farms across the state for virtual farm tours and cooking classes as part of the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s 50^th anniversary celebration.

The virtual classes will be taught by Kim Rizk, co-owner of Jammin’ Crepes, a Princeton restaurant that features fresh, locally grown organic produce. The featured farms all offer Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) packages of weekly seasonal produce.

 The “Loving and Cooking with your CSA” tours will be held at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month, with Genesis Farm, which was founded in 1980 by Dominican Sisters, slated for Sept. 9. Also on the schedule is nearby Comeback Farm, in the Hunterdon County section of Asbury, on May 13.

Farm tours/cooking classes are $20 for the general public and $15 for NOFA-NJ members. The full schedule is as follows:

• May 13: Comeback Farm in Asbury, owned by Mark Canright and Amy Hansen; and Cabbage Throw Farm, run by Dean Buttacavoli on the Comeback Farm property;
• June 8: Honey Brook Organic Farm in Pennington, owned by Sherry Dudas and Jim Kinsel.  Honey Brook started its CSA program at the Watershed Institute lands in 1991;
• July 7: Jeff’s Organic Produce in Cream Ridge, owned by Karley Corris and Jeff Lidzbarski. Established over 15 years ago, Jeff’s Organic Farm grew out of ER & Son Farm, started in 1977;
• Sept. 9: Genesis Farm in Blairstown, founded in 1980 as a project of an order of Dominican nuns;
• Oct. 14: Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrence Township, founded in 1987 by the Hamill brothers on land farmed by their ancestors.

Visit the NOFA-NJ website to learn more about these tours and classes, as well as information about organic farming and other event.