Reprinted from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education 2020 Annual Report. The Northeast strawberry season is the epitome of the phrase, “short and sweet.” On average, the average harvest lasts only three to four weeks, but consumer demand is strong (strawberries are the most consumed berry in the U.S.) and increasing, especially for local berries. […]
Archives for August 2021
Last month’s ranking among wettest Julys in almost 50 years in NJ
David Robinson – New Jersey’s state climatologist
Spotted Lanternflies Invading NYC
George Hamilton – Department of Entomology
Middlesex County’s EARTH Center Garden and Arts Fest
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County’s Master Gardeners
Rutgers Graduate Julia Engdahl Wins NOAA CO-OPS Professional Excellence Award
Julia Engdahl, a graduate of the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies’ Oceanography program, recently won a Professional Excellence Award during her first year as a contractor for NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, CO-OPS. Julia is also a recent graduate of the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership, RUCOOL. In announcing the […]
Summer is at its peak. So is the spotted lanternfly
Anne L. Nielsen – Department of Entomology
Morris County 4-Hers participate in ‘Summer of Fun’ activities
Kelly Dziak – 4-H
Somerset County 4-H returns with annual Open House, September 23
Lisa Rothenburger – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Why planning ahead is so important in the garden | Gardener State
Master Gardener; Snyder Farms
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Rare Holly Forest In Sandy Hook, N.J.: ‘The Shoreline Is Migrating Inland’
Norbert Psuty – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences