Rutgers soil scientist Joseph Heckman weighs-in on the benefits of raising pastured chickens and demonstrates the difference between pastured vs. non-pastured eggs (appearing at the 2:21 and 5:30 marks).
Archives for December 2012
Cape May County 4-H Teen Wins National Honors
Kate Washart, 19, of Seaville, competed recently at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup Contest in Louisville, KY. Washart earned seventh place nationally in the Individual Presentation Phase of the Competition, while the New Jersey 4-H Presentations Team scored eighth place overall. Washart is now studying biology and chemistry at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. […]
Rotary-Rutgers Enabling Garden Initiative Adds New Site in Middlesex County
The Rotary-Rutgers Enabling Garden Initiative for Central New Jersey, which promotes barrier-free, accessible gardens, was launched in March 2012 at the Rutgers Floriculture Greenhouse on the George H. Cook Campus. This initiative is led by co-coordinators Nick Polanin, agricultural and resource management agent, Somerset County, who is also state coordinator, Rutgers Master Gardener Program, and […]
The NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health hosts “RU Healthy?– Investing Today for a Healthier Tomorrow”
The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) hosted a capital campaign event, “RU Healthy?–Investing Today for a Healthier Tomorrow,” at the Rutgers Visitor Center on the Busch campus in Piscataway on October 22, 2012. The event provided the opportunity for Rutgers and external stakeholders to receive an update on the plans and […]
Chinese Professors Visit Rutgers as Part of Two-week Agricultural Tour of NJ
On November 28, the Rutgers University Equine Exercise Physiology Laboratory on College Farm Road opened its doors to a delegation of Chinese agricultural faculty visiting from Beijing. The delegation consisted of 20 top professors of agriculture in China who vied for the limited spots available for a two-week tour of several New Jersey facilities to […]
Zientek and Kunicki Receive 2012 RCE Diversity Awards
Each year, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), honors faculty and staff for their outstanding work and outreach through their programs and support. The winners for 2012 received their awards at the joint department luncheon at the Cook Campus Center on Nov. 27. The Diversity Award is given […]
Rutgers Dishes Out Healthy School Lunches
Rutgers Food Innovation Center South, under a grant from the US Department of Agriculture, is at the cutting edge of creating healthier meals for school cafeterias. Bridgeton High School students visited the center in Cumberland County to sample and rate the foods. The recipes include produce from New Jersey farms and ingredients manufactured by companies in […]
Feeding a Generation at Risk
Feeding a Generation at Risk explores New Jersey’s agriculture and food distribution system from urban and rural perspectives with an awareness of the dire need to close the gap between those who have access to healthy food and those who don’t. Our story features the hard working families, community leaders, famers and researchers who are working […]
Beyond Sandy: The new normal
In the immediate aftermath of superstorm Sandy, the future seemed a long way off. But as short-term concerns of safety and shelter have given way to longer-term worries over tax revenues and the tourist season, local officials, business owners and resi…
Girl Scouts Explore Wonders of the Ocean in “Ship to Shore” Program Dec. 15
Close to 50 Girl Scout Cadettes will join Rutgers faculty, staff and students in an event on Dec. 15 that connects the middle school girls with research currently being done on board the research vessel JOIDES Resolution, now sailing in the Pacific Ocean. The JOIDES Resolution is an ocean-drilling vessel that supports climate change, geology, […]