The Garden State Sheep Breeders is a non-profit, educational organization promoting sheep and wool products in New Jersey. We regularly hold educational and business meetings, sponsor awards at events where sheep and wool products are featured, and host an annual sheep and fiber festival.
Membership
Most of our members have small flocks and are hobby farmers. Many sell breeding stock, wool products, and handmade craft items. Membership dues are:
$5/year Assoc. Member (ages 10-18)
$15/year Single Member
$20/year Family Membership.
Please see the membership page for more information including the benefits of membership.
Meetings
Our meetings feature speakers talking on a variety of sheep related subjects. Recent topics have been on lambing, pasture management, color sheep genetics and making cheese from sheep’s milk.
Meetings are open to the public. In 2016 they will be hosted by members. The dates and locations will be listed on our Yahoo and Facebook sites and as posts on this site (look under “Recent Posts” in the right hand column).
Board of Directors
| President | Kevin Melvin (2017-2018) |
| Vice President | Reni Melvin (2017-2018) |
| Secretary | Judi Lehrhaupt (2017-2018) |
| Treasurer | Eunice Bench (2017-2018) |
| Trustee | Linda Detwiler (2016-2017) |
| Trustee | Susan Miller (2016-2017) |
| Trustee | Royal Unzicker (2017) – completing term of Judi Lehrhaupt |
| Trustee | Steve Feryok (2017 -2019) |
| Trustee | Marlene Halstead (2017 -2019) |
Contact Information
GardenStateSheepBreeders at gmail dot com 
Business Address:
Garden State Sheep Breeders
P.O. Box 914
Flemington, NJ 08822-0914
USA
Join our Yahoo group (members only), catch up with us on Facebook, Twitter or signup for our website’s RSS feed to keep up to date on meetings, as well as share and learn from others.
Updated 5-Jan-2017