Officials with the Rutgers University’s Aquaculture Innovation Center say there’s extreme potential for the oyster business here in South Jersey. Staff at the center say they are hoping the massive production of oysters will bring more jobs to the area. “This can be a major industry for South Jersey,” said Mike De Luca, Director at the Aquaculture Innovation Center in North Cape May…De Luca works along side with David Bushek. They say the oyster industry in South Jersey is valued at nearly $25M a year and they believe this number can grow. Bushek and De Luca say they can teach local growers their cultivation methods.
Wild winter could freeze pine beetle population growth
This Winter’s wild weather has been somewhat pesky to say the least, but there is an upside to this season’s weather: The extreme cold could play a part in eliminating some six-legged pests. The southern pine beetle is an invasive insect capable of leveling pine forests. “There aren’t any natural enemies. It’s been very mild winters for the past dozen years or so and there hasn’t been anything to hold them back,” said Richard VanVranken, department head at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Atlantic County. The warm-weather insect crossed the Delaware Bay into New Jersey around 2001 and has infested pinelands all the way up to the Mullica River. “Whether or not it’s going to hop that and get into the heart of the Pinelands is a real worry for the natural ecosystem,” said Van Vranken, adding that this winter of roller-coaster temperatures could take a toll on the insect’s population.
Quick and thrifty meals for grandparents raising grandchildren
Staff members from Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family and Community Health Sciences Department are teaching local grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, how to stir up some quick and thrifty meals…”If you’re planning a meal make sure it’s colorful and if you have one of the foods from each of the five food groups. But if you plan ahead, make a grocery list and then abide by that you can plan a healthy meal,” says Linda Spengler of Rutgers Cooperative Extension. And on Thursday night, staff from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension demonstrated to grandparents how to prepare Vegetable Quesadillas in under five minutes.
Quick and thrifty meals for grandparents raising grandchildren
Staff members from Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family and Community Health Sciences Department are teaching local grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, how to stir up some quick and thrifty meals…”If you’re planning a meal make sure it’s colorful and if you have one of the foods from each of the five food groups. But if you plan ahead, make a grocery list and then abide by that you can plan a healthy meal,” says Linda Spengler of Rutgers Cooperative Extension. And on Thursday night, staff from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension demonstrated to grandparents how to prepare Vegetable Quesadillas in under five minutes.
ARCS students help to replenish state oyster population
Local students took their lessons outside Thursday in Galloway Township. Kids at Assumption Regional Catholic School helped to replenish the state’s oyster population by participating in Project Ports on Thursday. Students filled shell bags today that …
