Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Archives for January 2018
Examining the Raw Milk Movement
Cambridge University Press recently published a review of the raw milk movement by Joseph Heckman, professor of soil science in the Department of Plant Biology, in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. The article, “Securing Fresh Food from Fertile Soil, Challenges to the Organic and Raw Milk Movements,” is the result of a seminar series that […]
Why Did So Few in Montecito Evacuate?
Cara Cuite – Department of Human Ecology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Why you’ll want to double check your paycheck in February
Barbara O’Neill – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Research project aims to help smaller farms
Joseph Heckman – Department of Plant Biology
Snyder Research Farm – New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Jonathan Kolby (CC’03): The Frog Prince
Alumnus Jonathan Kolby comes to the rescue of frogs in Honduras—and worldwide. As a boy, alumnus Jonathan Kolby spent hours catching frogs in the woods near his Union, New Jersey, home. He’s still hunting for them, although his efforts these days take him to places like the wetlands of Nicaragua, Australia, Kenya, and Honduras, where Kolby […]
Is warming in the Arctic behind this year’s crazy winter weather?
Jennifer Francis – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Where innovation is on the menu
Ian Keith – Rutgers Dining Services
Peggy Policastro – Rutgers Dining Services, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health
‘Growing Roselle,’ the Ninth Class in the NJAES Ultra-Niche Crops Series
New Jersey growers will get a chance to see whether they’d like to farm roselle –a plant of the hibiscus family whose leaf is commonly used among some ethnic populations for food preparations similar to spinach. The calyx and flower are used in a variety of ways, including making of tea, jam, jelly, juice, wine, […]
Considering trimming or getting rid of an old tree? Not so fast.
Jason Grabosky – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources