Somerset County farmer Debbie Norz and Burlington County farmer Paul Hlubik have joined the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture.
They were sworn in July 24 at a board meeting in Trenton, at which Atlantic County’s August Wuillermin was elected president and Morris County’s Dan Farrand vice president, according to a news release.
Norz and her husband Rich Norz, who served on the state board from 2011-15, own and operate Norz Hill Farm and Market in Hillsborough. They are the first husband and wife elected to the agriculture board. Norz Hill is a vegetable, livestock and agritourism operation.
Debbie Norz is a graduate of the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Development Program and has served as vice president on the Somerset County Board of Agriculture, been director of the New Jersey Vegetable Growers Association and is a member of New Jersey Farm Bureau and the New Jersey Agricultural Society.
Hlubik owns and manages Backacres Farms in Chesterfield, a hay and grain farm.
Wuillermin and Farrand have each served on the board since 2016. Wuillermin is a vegetable farmer in Hammonton and Farrand is a hay and grain producer in Long Valley.
The board’s eight members serve four-year terms.
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