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- ↑ http://liberty.state.nj.us/agriculture/pdf/njdacentennialbooklet.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- 1 2 3 Assemblyman Fisher's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 5, 2009. Accessed January 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Governor Corzine's Statement on the Appointment of Douglas Fisher as New Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture", Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine, dated February 10, 2009.
