The Water Resources Association (WRA) of The Delaware River Basin bestowed the Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award on the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) at its 35th Annual Recognition Program on April 19, 2017. The HSRL received the award for its world-class research, transfer of knowledge to fishermen, aquaculturists, and state agencies, and […]
Growing Up! RCE of Ocean County Implements Vertical Gardens Program
By Steve Yergeau, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent III/Assistant Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, February, 2017. “Jack jumped up and dressed himself and went to the window. And what do you think he saw? Why, the beans he had thrown out of the window into the garden had sprung up into a big beanstalk […]
Rutgers Was All the “RAGE” on the 2017 Flower Show Circuit
Rutgers University, represented by a loose collection of horticulturists, alumni and students affiliated with Rutgers—all flower enthusiasts—bearing the name Rutgers Alumni Growers and Exhibitors (RAGE), had tremendous success on the flower show and sale circuit this year. Of the three shows in which RAGE competed this season—North Jersey Orchid Society Show, Philadelphia Flower Show and […]
Grape Expectations Wine Symposium Brings Together Both Professional and Amateur Oenophiles and Growers
The 33rd annual Grape Expectations Symposium was held on March 4, 2017 at the Forsgate Country Club in Jamesburg, NJ where it’s been held for 20 years. The Symposium addresses the challenges of growing grapes in the Mid-Atlantic region and is a daylong series of lectures in viticulture (grape growing), enology (wine making) and marketing. […]
Harvest Café at IFNH Provides First Job Opportunity for Adult with Autism through Rutgers Center
Craig Lillard, 23, of Princeton, New Jersey, is the first adult in the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services (RCAAS). The Center plans to offer adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) a one-of-a-kind support program that makes an independent and fulfilling life possible. Part of that includes job placement. And that’s where we met Craig, […]
Old Bridge Fourth Graders Set Their Sights on Rutgers
One early spring day this year, a yellow school bus pulled up in a parking lot off Dudley Road on the George H. Cook Campus, and 48 eager fourth-graders debarked to explore the world of higher education. The students were part of a program of the Old Bridge (NJ) School District called “Kids at College,” […]
Financial Resource Management Specialist Barbara O’Neill Gives Tips on the Best Credit Cards
For a closer look at the cream of the credit-card crop, including what the best offers tell us about the economy and why abstainers from plastic may want to reconsider their stance, WalletHub posed questions to a panel of leading personal finance experts… professor Barbara O’Neill, extension specialist in Financial Resource Management and others gave […]
Ayeni’s Exotic Peppers a Hit at Rutgers
Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in Mid-Atlantic Grower, an online publication of American Farm Publication, Inc. By RICHARD SKELLY, AFP Correspondent NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (March 14, 2017) — Around campus he’s known by colleagues and students as the hot pepper expert. But Dr. Albert Ayeni wears many different hats in his role in the […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Participates in Lake Shoreline Restoration at Middlesex County Park
By Michele Bakacs, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, February 2017 Manalapan Lake in Middlesex County’s Thompson Park received an ecological makeover this past fall when 600 feet of bare shoreline were planted with native plants. This shoreline buffer was established to prevent soil from […]
Rutgers Gardens Receives Prestigious National Horticultural Landmark Award
Rutgers Gardens was presented with a Horticultural Landmark Award by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) on April 4 at the Log Cabin on the grounds of the Gardens. The ASHS president John Dole and ASHS Executive Director Michael Neff presented a brass commemorative plaque to dean Bob Goodman, chairman of the Rutgers Gardens […]
