New Jersey has an abundance of horse farms with rolling green pastures and well-managed grounds. Three years ago, a joint project between the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University, the Rutgers Equine Science Center, and the N…
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Oceans and Climate: Moveable Feast
In the early 2000s, trawler crews working the Celtic Sea off Ireland noticed something unusual. Small, spiny, bright orange fish, called boarfish, began appearing in their nets in huge numbers. Previously, the intruders had been a minor nuisance; their…
Lord Stirling Stable Wins ‘Gold Medal Horse Farm’ Award
New Jersey has an abundance of picturesque horse farms with rolling green pastures and well-managed grounds. Three years ago, a joint project between the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University (NJAES), the Rutgers Equine Scien…
Rutgers Helps Friends School Students Get a Taste of Gardening
Students were skeptical at Friends School Mullica Hill, an independent PreK to 8th grade school in Harrison Township, when Luanne Hughes passed around tiny cups of a green frothy brew at her lunchtime demonstration. Hughes, a registered dietician and professor at Rutgers University Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County, was visiting as part of a partnership to help the school develop its on-campus gardening project… Using fresh spinach the students at Friends School grew and collected in their own raised bed garden, Hughes blended together a shake that also included bananas, orange juice and fresh kiwi. Watching the ingredients whipped together into a bright green shake elicited a few groans of disapproval from some of the middle schoolers. The kids were encouraged to “be brave” and “try something new” by Hughes as she passed around the sample cups… “Having our garden supported by Luanne and Rutgers University has been invaluable,” said Reaves. “They are helping us to teach kids the importance of fresh farm produce.”
Richard Lutz Recognized by Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences for His Contributions
Rutgers marine scientist Rich Lutz will go to deep depths for public access to science. He has spent hundreds of hours since his first dive in 1979 in a variety of submersibles exploring hydrothermal vents throughout the world’s oceans… Last week, The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences agreed. In recognition of his lifelong contributions to ocean sciences, and for making those sciences accessible to the public, Lutz joined such luminaries as filmmaker James Cameron and the late oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and received the academy’s highest award – the NOGI… “Some of the scientists told me, ‘Well, I can go down there and take pictures just as well as these guys can,'” Lutz recalls. “Well, no, you can’t. Some of those scientists never forgave me, but if I had it to do again, I’d do it in a heartbeat.”
Grardener State: Equine Evening of Science and Celebration at Rutgers Center
This article was written by Nicholas Polanin is associate professor, Agricultural Agent II Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension of Somerset County… The Evening of Science and Celebration is an opportunity to unite …
N.J. Drought Woes Continue But Don’t Worsen
Drenching downpours in early October and scattered showers during the past week were not enough to ease the drought worries that have plagued New Jersey this year… “We’ve been in a somewhat static situation” during the past few weeks, said David Robinson, the state climatologist at Rutgers University. The heaviest rain that fell the past two days – about 1 to 2 inches – was concentrated along the Shore and southern New Jersey, so it helped Monmouth County but did little to help the counties further north… Robinson said the agencies monitoring New Jersey’s groundwater and reservoir levels are in a wait-and-see mode right now, essentially waiting to see what Mother Nature will bring the rest of this month and in December.
Technology Comes to the Aid of Famed Kashmiri Apples
Imagine Kashmiri apple with an American twist! Jammu and Kashmir government is starting a trial test of a US patented technology to increase the shelf life of the apples in the non-controlled room temperature environment… Jammu and Kashmir is targeti…
Harvest Your Own Pepper Event Grows into Annual Tradition
The 2015 Harvest Your Own Pepper (HYOP) event took place on October 26 at Rutgers Horticultural Research Farm III on Cook Campus in New Brunswick where the Rutgers community is invited to pick their own hot peppers left over from research variety trials. Over sixty faculty, staff and alumni visited the research plots to pick […]
Flemington Resident a Member of New Jersey Team to Attend National 4-H Avian Bowl Contest
Two 4-H members will represent New Jersey at the National 4-H Avian Bowl Contest to be held at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference scheduled for Nov. 18-19, in Louisville, Kentucky. Approximately 250 individuals will be attending this national conference… The 4-H Avian Bowl is a double elimination contest for teams patterned after other knowledge bowls. Teams consist of 2-4 members per team. Avian Bowl is an educational project, in which 4-H contestants must have a comprehensive knowledge of subject matter for several species of poultry, food safety, physiology, nutrition, eggs and other related subjects. The National 4-H Avian Bowl is sponsored by the Poultry Science Association… “This the first time in the history of the National 4-H Avian Bowl competition that New Jersey has had a team participate. Avian Bowl offers 4-H’ers an excellent opportunity to work as a team to advance their knowledge in poultry related topics. We are proud of our team and look forward to participating in future years!” says Jeannette Rea-Keywood, State 4-H Agent and New Jersey 4-H Youth Development Program – Small Animal Project Advisory Council liaison.
