Abigail Porter, Department of Environmental Sciences
Archives for April 2019
Rutgers Day 2019: 10 events not to miss
Ag Field Day
Out Here in the Fields: Viggiano and Leger Found Help for their Business ‘in the Thick of the Tomato Patch’
Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center There were a few extra tomatoes. Well, 600 pounds extra. It was enough for Theresa Viggiano and Patrick Leger to experiment with his mother’s ketchup recipe and sell it at the honor-based farm stand at the end of their driveway in 2011. Viggiano was in grad school at […]
Liz Weston: How Debt ‘Solutions’ Could Dig You in Deeper
Barbara O’Neill – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Even after Hurricane Sandy, many people wouldn’t prepare before a future storm
Joanna Burger – Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
5 most Instagram-worthy spots in Central Jersey
Rutgers Gardens
The ‘Dog Show Circuit’ at Rutgers Ag Field Day
Ag Field day has gone to the (4-H) dogs for 25 years! For over 25 years, the State 4-H Dog Show has provided New Jersey 4-H dog project members a state level event to test their dog’s skills and meet fellow dog project enthusiasts. The event started as part of 4-H Action Day and eventually […]
Farmers, experts predict a growing season in full bloom this spring
Richard VanVranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
How Scientists Are Recapturing the Magic of a Beloved, Long-Lost Tomato
Peter Nitzsche – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Plants in the City: Herbaria as Lenses into the Past to Better See Our Future
Amy Gage, Ameen Lotfi, and Lena Struwe contributed to this article. On the first warm and sunny spring Saturday this year, scientists, students, naturalists and herbaria enthusiasts alike gathered away from the sun in a Rutgers conference room for the Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis: “Plants in the City” symposium on March 30. They set aside any weekend […]