The Cook Campus Animal Farm has received has received a new state-of-the-art composting system. Earth Flow™, an in-vessel system manufactured by Green Mountain Technologies, has the capacity to automatically process up to 30,000 pounds of compostable materials each month. This aerated in-vessel composter is part of a research and demonstration project. Instead of being disposed […]
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Newly Launched Community-Supported Fisheries Offer Biweekly Shares of Jersey Seafood
A growing number of New Jersey farms are offering community supported agriculture programs (CSAs) which allow customers to become a member or shareholder, providing them with a season’s worth of produce that they pay for in advance, and then pick up on a weekly or biweekly basis. A similar strategy to boost an allied industry, […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Making Bucks from Clucks, Not Books
Historically, young people were taught a trade by serving as apprentices or learning the ropes from a relative in a family business. While modern education emphasizes learning through books, classroom and lab experience, academia has increasingly embraced the value of hands-on involvement and commonly provides students opportunities for fieldwork or internships. Agricultural entrepreneurship offers its […]
NJAES Animal Care Program Receives “Employer of the Year” Award
The NJAES Animal Care Program was commended as “the quintessential site for acquiring workplace skills” and honored as “Employer of the Year” at the spring awards ceremony at Rutgers, marking the culmination of the 2013 National Student Employment Week.
“Bare-bones” Equine Research at Rutgers
In 2012, the Department of Animal Sciences at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences celebrated the addition of its most unique member of the equine research herd, an authentic articulated horse skeleton! Carey Williams and Sarah Ralston, professors in the Department of Animal Sciences, were instrumental in acquiring the equine skeleton, which was purchased […]
Staff Spotlights
In this issue, we spotlight Clint Burgher, Roseanne Vaccaro, and Danelle Miley! Clint is a Research Farm Manager in the Animal Care department and is located in Bartlett Hall. Roseanne is a Business Assistant II in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (DAFRE) and is located in the Cook Office Building. Danelle works […]