Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXV, No. 33
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

It’s New to Us by Jean Stratton


FRESH AND FABULOUS: ‘We have a large variety, and no one else has this kind of a selection. Customers are guaranteed getting fresh new olive oil and vinegars all the time. Nothing is on the shelf more than a week.” Mercedes Wall, one of the owners of Carter & Cavero Old World Olive Oil Company, is in front of the special display of olive oil containers, which dispense sample tastes to customers.

Carter & Cavero Old World Olive Oil Company Offers Unique Array of High Quality Choices

Jean Stratton

Carter & Cavero Old World Olive Oil Company has opened to rave reviews!

It is definitely one of the hot spots in town today, and customers can’t seem to get enough of the high quality extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegars available at this very attractive Palmer Square store. This is the real deal!


LIFE ON THE FARM: “We love to come here and collect the eggs!” Alexis (standing) and Jennifer Miles are shown gathering eggs in the chicken house at Howell Living History Farm. The girls, who live in Maryland, are visiting their grandmother, Jane Van Hise, of Pennington.

Tours, Events, Education, History and Fun Highlight Howell Living History Farm

Jean Stratton

“Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again, as if by magic; but destroy our farms, and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.”

- William Jennings Bryan

Today, just two percent of the population in the U.S. feeds the rest of the people. In 1910, 40 percent of the population was needed to feed the rest of the population.