Daily News | South Jersey fourth graders pick up charge to make cranberry juice a state symbol
Erin Zarzycki’s fourth grade. For the second time, a group of her students is trying to persuade New Jersey lawmakers to make cranberry juice a state symbol.in Cinnaminson became lobbyists — writing letters, visiting the Statehouse to learn how a bill becomes a law, and eventually persuading two lawmakers to sponsor their proposal.
They ultimately selected cranberry juice to celebrate the state’s cranberry-growing heritage. New Jersey’s cranberry production ranks third in the country behind Wisconsin and Massachusetts with an annual harvest valued at $15.8 million. Sitting on the floor while they watched a Power Point presentation on a whiteboard, students eagerly fielded questions on how they could get involved in making laws. Some students, like Ben“Let’s make the kids from three years ago proud,” said another student, HunterThe students sat in small groups to conduct research about cranberries, a tart berry grown first by the Lenni-Lenape people in South Jersey, who used it in remedies, food, and drinks.
“We all want cranberry juice to be our new state juice. This might be the first New Jersey state juice if this works.” , a leadership organization founded by Black mothers during the Depression, to organize a statewide tasting contest of several muffin varieties.
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