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Rutgers Helps Grow Community Apple Orchard in New Brunswick

May 16, 2013 By

L-R, volunteers Anthony Capece, Elijah’s Promise coordinator; Geoffrey Slifer, head soils and plant technician, Rutgers Snyder Research Farm; John Milano, Elijah’s Promise; Win Cowgill; Yvette Molina, Elijah’s Promise, Keith Jones, New Brunswick Community Food Alliance; Shahnaz Hameed and Areebah Alam, Shiloh community gardeners; Lisanne Finston; and Paul Helms, New Brunswick Community Farmers Market.

A new community apple orchard at the Shiloh Community Garden in New Brunswick, NJ, practically sprouted overnight in late April. A group of volunteers from Elijah’s Promise, New Brunswick Community Food Alliance and local residents as well as staff and faculty from various departments at Rutgers, planted an orchard of 40 apple trees in one day and installed 90 feet of trellis to support the trees. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Extension, Faculty, Food/Nutrition/Health, NJAES, SEBS

USDA Grant Awarded For Rutgers Center to Continue “Farm to School” Project

April 23, 2013 By

L-R: George Steinbronn (NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids), NJDA Secretary Douglas Fisher, Darrin Anderson (Dep. Director, NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids), Vineland Mayor Ruben Bermudez, Freeholder Sam Fiocchi, Lisa Sheetz (NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids) and Diane Holtaway of Rutgers Food Innovation Center sample the Made with Jersey Fresh berry yogurt parfaits.

Source: New Jersey Department of Agriculture

New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced the state has received a $62,713 U.S. Department of Agriculture Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program grant to continue work with Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) – South on a project to bring Made with Jersey Fresh items to schools throughout the state.

A previous $51,000 grant developed several menu items using Jersey Fresh produce that meet National School Lunch Program nutrition requirements. The new grant will be used to launch these processed items and pave the way for distribution to schools. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Commercial Agriculture, Economic Development, Food/Nutrition/Health, NJAES

Nutritional Sciences Professor Awarded Fellowship by Government of Brazil

April 23, 2013 By

Malcolm Watford (center) and his graduate class at Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Malcolm Watford, professor of Nutritional Sciences, was awarded a fellowship, Escola de Altos Estudos,Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoral de Nivel Superior, by the Federal Government of Brazil. The fellowship enabled Watford to teach the graduate course “Tissue-specific metabolism and metabolic regulation” from March 18-25 at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faculty, Food/Nutrition/Health, International, SEBS

Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health Building Construction Contract Approved

April 18, 2013 By

Artist’s conception of the new home of the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, scheduled for completion in 2015.

Construction of the new home for the Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health will begin this year, following approval of the construction contract by the Rutgers Board of Governors. Read more about the building project.

Filed Under: Faculty, Food/Nutrition/Health, Research, SEBS

RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education

April 17, 2013 By

Barbara O’Neill (right) and Leslie Linfield, executive director of the Institute For Financial Literacy at the EIFLE™ awards ceremony.

Small Steps to Health and Wealth™, a national Cooperative Extension program developed by Rutgers educators to motivate Americans to take action to improve both their health and personal finances, has been recognized as the Adult Education Program of the Year for Money Management by the Institute for Financial Literacy.

The SSHW program, created by Barbara O’Neill, financial resource management specialist for Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Karen Ensle, a family and community health sciences educator and department chair, RCE of Union County, was recognized with a 2013 EIFLE™ Excellence in Financial Literacy Education award on April 3. The national award was created seven years ago by the institute to acknowledge innovation, dedication and a strong commitment to financial literacy education. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Extension, Faculty, Food/Nutrition/Health
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