Benjamin Horton – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Archives for September 2017
NJAES Turfgrass Program Guides Renovation of State-of-the-Art Rutgers Football Practice Field
When Rutgers Athletics needed to renovate the football practice fields into what director of athletics Pat Hobbs calls “the best practice facility in professional or college football today,” they knew they didn’t have to go far for input on the turf renovation. In fact, they went no further than Rutgers for the guidance, and South […]
Report: Lower emissions rules needed
Rutgers Climate Institute
Prof. Reinfelder and Colleagues Discover Deep-Rooted Plants Have the Advantage When it Comes to Adaptibility
Charles Darwin once wrote that the tips of plant roots are like the brains of plants, searching for nutrient-rich water. In their quest, some tree roots probe hundreds of feet deep and many send roots through cracks in rocks. The depth of plant roots play a key role in the plants’ adaptation to climate […]
FEATURE-In Canada, climate change could open new farmland to the plow
Mark Robson – Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers Climate Institute
Rutgers holds Food Forward Conference to promote healthy eating on campus
Peggy Policastro, Rutgers Dining Services, IFNH
In Memoriam: James (Jim) Wallace Paterson, Rutgers NJAES Soil and Crops Specialist (1967-1994)
James Wallace Paterson, 83, of Vineland, NJ passed away September 15, 2017 at The Willows Assisted Living of Holmdel, NJ. Jim, as he was known to friends and colleagues, was born in Westerly, Rhode Island and received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Rhode Island. After Jim’s years of service, he […]
Composting Gone Wild: Teaching Community and School Gardeners Proper Composting Techniques
By Michele Bakacs, Environmental and Natural Resources agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, August 2017 Note: This article is based on a poster presentation given at the 2017 National Association of County Agricultural Agents conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was the first place winner in the poster competition. Community and […]
How Rutgers is ensuring horseshoe crabs’ survival in N.J. waters
Mike DeLuca – NJ Aquaculture Innovation Center
Population Growth Means a City Is Thriving, or Does It?
Paul Gottlieb – Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics