News from the Rutgers School of Environmental Sciences and the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
SEBS & NJAES NewsroomDespite the size and cost of New Jersey’s farmland-assessment program, there is no straightforward repository of information about all the properties receiving a tax break under it…In preparing its 2008 report on the potential impact of revising the income threshold, Rutgers University researchers used the FA-1 form acreage counts to calculate revenue estimates based on yield and price data reported for the state.
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State legislators are weighing whether all genetically modified foods should be labeled, as New Jersey has become the latest battleground in a national debate over the practice…Since there is no scientific difference, the FDA has found no reason to introduce labeling, according to William K. Hallman, director of the Food Policy Institute at the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.
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While much of the emphasis on combating childhood obesity in New Jersey has focused on diet, a major insurance company is promoting increased activity as another way to fight the problem. UnitedHealthcare’s HEROES program awards $1,000 grants to help fund projects that raise kids’ awareness about ways to live healthier lives. Projects funded thus far include improving a bike route around Rutgers University’s five New Brunswick-area campuses; encouraging the use of a newly renovated Camden park; and staging a 20-mile walk in Newark to increase understanding of the issues involved.
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It will take a decade to rebuild the Jersey Shore, and when it is done its economy may be different and there may be a much smaller population, according to a disaster expert who oversaw the recovery of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina…"With climate change, we can no longer expect the future to look like the past," said Anthony Broccoli, professor of atmospheric science in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University.
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