Danielle Brown – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Archives for July 2022
Rutgers Scientists Ask Piscataway Residents and Visitors to Send in Their Ticks
Dina Fonseca – Center for Vector Biology; Department of Entomology
Rutgers Expert Says Invasive Plants At the Root of Growing Problem
Michele Bakacs – Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dramatic decline in bee populations observed in the U.S.
Andrew Aldercotte – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
At Mercer 4-H fair, students show their scientific ingenuity
Rodrigo Sanchez Hernandez – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Scientists Worried as Bee Population in NJ, Pennsylvania Drops Drastically
Andrew Aldercotte – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers Alumna Kelly Bidle (CC’91) Named Inaugural Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Rider University
Kelly Bidle (CC’91, Biological Sciences) began her tenure as dean of the newly created College of Arts and Sciences at Rider University, effective July 1. The new college, the result of the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences with Westminster College of the Arts, consists of four schools—three of them new—Westminster Choir […]
NJAES Beginner Farmer Training Program Distributed its First CSA Shares to Customers
William Hlubik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
NJAES Beginner Farmer Training Program Distributed its First CSA Shares to Customers
The first class of farmers in the Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program (RU Ready to Farm), which was launched in 2021 with a USDA-NIFA grant, reached an exciting milestone this summer when participants began harvesting and distributing weekly consumer supported agriculture (CSA) farm shares to customers. CSA supports New Jersey farmers and provides customers with […]
‘I’ve never experienced this’: NJ landscaping companies face rising costs, labor shortage
After working in the landscaping industry for 40 years, Richard Goldstein never imagined he would face a labor shortage and such high cost of fuel caused by inflation like his current situation… Robin Brumfield, extension specialist in farm managemen…