Right to Farm in New Jersey (2026)
25 rules on the books across New Jersey, 17 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Farm Nuisance Protection
Whether established farms are shielded from nuisance lawsuits and from local ordinances that would restrict their operations.
New Jersey: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsThe New Jersey Right to Farm Act (N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.) shields eligible commercial farms from nuisance suits and…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Gloucester
Some RestrictionsThe Township Council of Monroe Township, Gloucester County, protects farms from nuisance claims through an irrebuttable…
Read full rule →Howell
Light RestrictionsHowell Township Code § 244-1 recognizes the right to farm all land as a natural right and a permitted use everywhere in…
Read full rule →Mercer County
Light RestrictionsMercer County has no standalone right-to-farm ordinance of its own; instead the County Agricultural Development Board…
Read full rule →East Brunswick
Few RestrictionsEast Brunswick Township recognizes the right to farm in Chapter 99, subject to the Zoning Ordinance and to federal…
Read full rule →Freehold Township
Few RestrictionsFreehold Township recognizes farming as a natural right and a permitted use townshipwide under Township Code § 265-1…
Read full rule →Hamilton
Few RestrictionsHamilton's right-to-farm ordinance protects recognized farming activities, including normal noise, dust and odor from…
Read full rule →Jackson
Few RestrictionsJackson Township Code § 244-176 recognizes the right to farm as a natural right and a permitted use in every zone where…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Middlesex
Few RestrictionsChapter 113 of the Monroe Township Code in Middlesex County recognizes the right to farm all land as a natural right…
Read full rule →Old Bridge
Few RestrictionsOld Bridge Township recognizes the right to farm as a natural right on all land within its borders, under Township Code…
Read full rule →Piscataway
Few RestrictionsPiscataway Township Code Chapter 25 recognizes farming as a natural right and shields qualifying farm operations from…
Read full rule →Toms River
Few RestrictionsToms River Township Code § 348-5.25.1 shields active farming from nuisance complaints townshipwide, declaring farming a…
Read full rule →Vineland
Few RestrictionsIn the City of Vineland, anyone selling land inside an agricultural zone must tell prospective buyers under City Code §…
Read full rule →Agricultural Zoning Protection
State rules that limit how cities and counties may zone or restrict agricultural land uses, including livestock and crop operations.
Cherry Hill
Some RestrictionsCherry Hill Township maintains a dedicated Residential Agriculture (RA) zoning district under § 40-402, intended for…
Read full rule →Lakewood
Some RestrictionsLakewood Township, Ocean County, sets aside a dedicated Agricultural (A-1) zoning district under UDO § 18-902A that…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Gloucester
Some RestrictionsMonroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ sets aside an Agricultural Production Zoning District to foster the continuation…
Read full rule →Monroe Township Middlesex
Some RestrictionsIn Monroe Township, Middlesex County, farms, truck gardens and other agricultural activities are a permitted use in the…
Read full rule →Newark
Some RestrictionsNewark permits Urban Farm as a principal use by right in every residential zone, R-1 through R-6, under Table 4-1 of…
Read full rule →Parsippany Troy Hills
Some RestrictionsIn Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, the R-R, R-1 and R-2 zoning articles permit a building for horticultural…
Read full rule →Toms River
Some RestrictionsToms River Township permits crop farms in any zoning district, but farm buildings must sit back at least 100 feet from…
Read full rule →Wayne
Some RestrictionsIn Wayne Township, New Jersey, agriculture, including farm markets and commercial farms, is permitted in all zones…
Read full rule →Hamilton
Light RestrictionsHamilton Township's right-to-farm ordinance, § 550-136, protects established farming practices in the RRC and R-15…
Read full rule →Howell
Few RestrictionsIn Howell Township, the right to farm all land is ordained as a permitted use everywhere in the township, subject only…
Read full rule →Jackson
Few RestrictionsJackson Township protects working farmland through its AR Agricultural Retention Zone, created in 2010 to preserve and…
Read full rule →Vineland
Few RestrictionsIn the City of Vineland, land inside the city's agricultural zones gets priority for farming use under City Code…
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