{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-kicks-off-annual-21-county-tour-in-morris-warren-and-hunterdon-counties", "Booker Kicks Off Annual 21-County Tour in Morris, Warren, and Hunterdon Counties", "2026-08-22", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "NJ", "Cory A. Booker", "B001288", "www.booker.senate.gov", "booker", "https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "NEWARK, NJ \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) kicked off his Annual 21-County Tour with visits to Morris, Warren, and Hunterdon Counties, beginning his yearly tour meeting with residents, local leaders, and organizations in every county across New Jersey. Day One highlighted the agricultural heritage, local history, and community traditions that help define the Garden State.\n\nSenator Booker began the day in Morris County, where he visited the Borough of Wharton\u2019s Canal Day. The annual festival celebrates the historic Morris Canal and its lasting impact on the region, featuring live music, local craft vendors, and guided historical tours that highlight the canal\u2019s role in shaping the communities along its path. The Senator\u2019s office also hosted Mobile Office Hours offering federal resources and constituent services to the public.\n\nIn Warren County, the Senator visited the Phillipsburg Farmers Market, a producer-only market that brings together local vendors offering fresh produce, meats, baked goods, prepared foods, plants, and other locally made products. As a longtime advocate for New Jersey\u2019s farmers and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Booker heard directly from farmers at the market about building a food system that supports local growers. In the Senate, Booker has prioritized support for local Jersey farmers and reforms to improve America\u2019s overall food system, including the Farmland for Farmers Act, which would limit corporate ownership of U.S. farmland, the Office of Small Farms Establishment Act, which would create a new USDA office dedicated to serving small farms, and his broader Food is Medicine agenda, which would expand access to fresh produce through SNAP, strengthen federal nutrition programs by sourcing healthy meals from American farms, and help families use pre-tax dollars to purchase fruits and vegetables.\n\nSenator Booker ended the day in Hunterdon County at the Hunterdon County 4-H & Agricultural Fair, a five-day celebration of the county\u2019s deep agricultural roots and rural identity. Since 1948, the fair has been a summertime tradition for generations of families across central New Jersey, featuring livestock exhibits, agricultural technology demonstrations, and vendor and county resource booths that showcase the strength, resilience, and generational continuity of Hunterdon\u2019s farming community. The Senator\u2019s office also hosted Mobile Office Hours offering federal resources and constituent services to the public.\n\n\u201cEvery year, I look forward to traveling across New Jersey and listening directly to the people who call our state home. As I kicked off this year\u2019s 21-County Tour, I was reminded of how much pride New Jerseyans have in their communities and how much they do to make them stronger. From preserving the rich history of the Morris Canal to supporting the farmers who feed our families and passing our agricultural traditions on to the next generation, these are the people and traditions that make our state so special. I look forward to continuing to meet with New Jerseyans, hear their stories, and learn more about the work they\u2019re doing to strengthen their communities as I travel across our state,\u201d said Senator Booker.\n\nBooker\u2019s Annual 21-County Tour continues tomorrow with stops in Passaic and Sussex Counties.", 1, "2026-08-23T05:27:15Z", "2026-08-23T05:29:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-kicks-off-annual-21-county-tour-in-morris-warren-and-hunterdon-counties"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0317929554730654, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}