John Lester Gerwig, 92, of Whispering Pines, NC died on April 24, 2020 at home. Gerwig was born in Chapel, West Virginia to the late Jay C. Gerwig and Pearl Perkins Gerwig. He earned a B.S. Degree in Agronomy and a M.S. in Soils from West Virginia University and his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Rutgers […]
Archives for April 2020
EPC hosts Leadership Program food safety webinar April 29
Wes Kline, Meredith Melendez and Jennifer Matthews fr- om Rutgers Cooperative Extension
RU ready 2 garden series
Bill Hlubik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Family and Community Health Sciences Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Interest in home food preservation – canning, freezing, and dehydrating– has increased in recent years as more people plant home gardens, participate in CSA’s or buy produce from local farm markets. Many consumers have never preserved food at home and others may be using outdated or unsafe recipes and procedures found on the internet. Although […]
A Guide to Spring Gardening While Social Distancing
Michelle Infante-Casella – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Focus grows on food processing plants amid new closings
Donald Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Obituary for John Lester Gerwig of Whispering Pines
John Lester Gerwig – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Despite pandemic, don’t delay medical care for yourself or your pet for non-COVID-19 illnesses
Dina Fonseca – Department of Entomology; Center for Vector Biology
Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Daryl Minch; Alexandra Grenci; Sherri Cirignano – Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
2020’s New and Improved Flowers: A Gardener’s A-to-Z Guide
Joel Flagler – Department of Plant Biology