New Jersey State Fair
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The New Jersey State Fair[1] is a non-profit agricultural fair held every August at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey. It merged with the Sussex County Farm and Horse Show in 1999 and is a 10 day event that attracts approximately 220,000 attendees every year.
The mission of the New Jersey State Fair / Sussex County Farm and Horse Show is:
- to showcase New Jersey’s agriculture;
- provide safe, family-friendly entertainment;
- present educational activities;
- promote youth development;
- give financial support to charitable non-profit agencies
 Constructing the American flag using K'NEX |
 Donkey judging contestant |
 Carnival ride |
 Honeybee exhibit |
[edit] Summary
The New Jersey State Fair been picked as one of the top one hundred events in North America by the American Bus Association, and is a star attraction by the National Geographic Travel magazine. A real country fair, the home pride of generations worked closely with the land is everywhere to be seen: in the good food, good works, and good times that are the true bounty and community of the rural, agricultural heritage of Sussex County. The fair's roots extend back to 1821, and the annual Sussex County Horse Show took place in ever-expanding form in Branchville from 1936 to 1976, when the fair moved to new grounds on a 150 acre dairy farm on Plains Road in Augusta.
Visitors enjoy the tremendous agricultural exhibits for which the Fair is famous. Animals are everywhere you look - from a bee and honey display to the barns at the livestock exhibitions, in the horticultural exhibits and contests, and in the Horse Show Ring.
The Show is the largest livestock event and AHSA sanctioned festivity in New Jersey, with horses of all kinds; from workhorses to the sleekest thoroughbreds. In addition to the Horse Show all week you can see racing pigs, racing turtles, a llama show, woodchopping contests, arts & crafts shows, a performing arts tent, a queen pageant, and more, more, more!
You'll taste food whose recipes hail from the heart of rural New Jersey or from just about anywhere in the world. All of the various waves of immigrations that have built the state of New Jersey bring good things to these tables![2]
