By: Nick Hathaway | Publish Date: April 16th, 2026
“Farmer’s markets had a big part in forming my love for my hometown,” said Kevin Modeszto, “with the expansion and almost citification of Woodbridge, it was always nice to go to the Farmer’s Market and be reminded that Woodbridge is still a small community at heart full of great people.”
The Woodbridge Township Farmers Market took 2025 off, but is returning in 2026. Woodbridge is just one of a plethora of other farmers’ markets in Central Jersey, as reported by My Central Jersey’s Jenna Immerstone, are operating.
The Rutgers Community Farmers’ Market is one of many farmers’ markets returning for another successful summer, planning to operate “at several New Brunswick locations this spring and summer.”
And Rutgers is by no means the only farmers’ market operating.
“Since 1996, the Highland Park Farmers Market has been a staple in the Middlesex County borough, serving locals on nearly every Friday of the year at 212 Raritan Ave,” Immerstone wrote in her article, “now through October, the open‑air market’s hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.”
Farmers’ markets are a big part of the local economy, helping farmers and other small businesses reach a bigger customer base. Modeszto’s entire family still buys soap from a company they first connected with at the Woodbridge Village Farmers Market.
Sticking with the New Jersey theme in this week’s Market Watch, the corporation Kalshi, which runs on a prediction market, scored a huge legal win in the Third U.S Circut Court of Appeals against the state of New Jersey.
This ruling confirmed that Kalshi can host betting for college sports in New Jersey, an act banned in the state. It also sets the precedent that states are unable to regulate prediction apps.
“Kalshi and other prediction-market platforms are CFTC-registered exchanges, allowing users to place bets in the form of a financial derivative known as a swap. The platforms have expanded into areas such as sports, sparking a legal battle between states and the Trump administration about whether such wagers are the same as online betting, and should be regulated as such,” news associate with the Wall Street Journal Jared Mitovich reported.
Finally in today’s Market Watch, New Jersey Resources’ second quarter fiscal report for 2026 is coming up soon; May 4th to be exact. New Jersey Resources handles all energy infrastructure in the Garden State and storage and transportation energy related services and is “committed to helping customers save energy and money by promoting conservation.”
It remains unknown how the US-Iran Conflict’s impact, which Market Watch has covered prolifically, will be felt in this upcoming fiscal report. However, what is known is that you can stay tuned for Market Watch every Thursday afternoon to read up on financial and business news.
The article was corrected on January 15th at 3:26 p.m. to remove the incorrect statement in the fourth paragraph that Rutgers is the only New Jersey college with a Farmer’s Market.
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