Did you join a gym at the beginning of the year or start a diet? How is that working out? The scale hasn’t moved that much, your clothes seem to fit about the same and you really aren’t feeling that much more energetic. Why? You’re there three to five times a week. You’re on that […]
Archives for March 2017
Green Fingers and Smiling Eyes: Its Horticultural Therapy Week in the Garden State
Joel Flagler – Department of Plant Pathology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Donald Kobayashi – Department of Plant Pathology
What A Cold Week Means For Cranberries, Blueberries And Peaches
Peter Oudemans – Department of Plant Pathology; Marucci Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center
How Trump could cripple climate research in N.J., explained
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Discover your new ultra-niche crop
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
RU Ready to Farm™: Learn Production Methods and Systems for Commonly Grown Specialty Crops
NJAES Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County Office is hosting a specialty crops course for beginning farmers interested in commercial vegetable production. Following the success of the first RU Ready to Farm™ program, this specialty crops course will be worthwhile for anyone interested in farming. All are welcome to register and those who took part […]
Near Real Time Electronic Reporting Helps Promote Offshore Fisheries Management
Editor’s Note: Surfclams and ocean quahogs represent the largest fisheries in New Jersey in terms of tonnage landed and are a major economic driver along the coast, with major processors located in Cumberland County. As federally required by the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) vessel trip reporting (VTR) program, surfclam and ocean quahog fishermen previously […]
Jersey peach crop seems to withstand cold snap just fine
Herman Gohil – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Open and Affordable Textbooks Project Saves Students Nearly $1.6 Million
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Rutgers Today. Three of the recipients of the Open and Affordable Textbooks (OAT) Project grants are faculty at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. They include Xenia Morin, Natalya Voloshchuk and Jill Lipoti, with projected savings for their students of $23,945.00. What is the Open and Affordable […]
Why is China’s smog so bad? Researchers point far away to a melting Arctic
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences