David Lee, agricultural agent in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), retired on April 1. Lee spent nearly four decades as a dairy/livestock extension agent in Salem County and for the state of New Jersey. Lee received a bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry from Delaware Valley College and a […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Jersey Tomato Throwback – Ramapo Tomato – 50 Years as a Home Gardeners’ Favorite
The year was 1968. Beehive hairdo’s were the rage, as were cars with lots of shiny chrome. New Jersey was lush with diners, drive-in movies and roadside farmstands. And the Jersey tomato reigned supreme. In 1968, there were a number of “Jersey tomato” varieties on the market–products of prior decades of breeding tasty, tangy tomatoes […]
Study Shows Bt-Field Corn Results in Reduced Pest Pressure in Other Non-GM Vegetable Crops
A Mid-Atlantic multi-state study compared the rate of European corn borer and corn earworm damage before and after introduction of Bt-field corn usage on other non-Bt crop fields. The study was published March 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Kristian Holmstrom, research project coordinator in the Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
Dynamic Duo
Shawn and Michelle Arent, who can collectively bench press a few hundred pounds, are the power couple behind the Center for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health on the Cook Campus. Michelle is the director of training and conditioning at CHHP, and Shawn is the center’s […]
Hazelnut Job
The global shortage of hazelnuts—a cause of despair for Nutella lovers—is on the verge of change. The commercial cultivation of hazelnuts can begin to expand to regions like New Jersey and the Northeast with the release of disease resistant hazelnut trees from the Rutgers NJAES breeding program overseen by plant biologist Tom Molnar. Read more […]
Effectiveness of Crop Pollination by Wild Pollinators Improves with Diversity of Bee Species
A study conducted on farms in New Jersey and Pennsylvania by professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources Rachel Winfree and colleagues, demonstrated the relationship of diversity in wild pollinators and crop pollination in accordance with spatial scale. The research showed that to provide crop pollination in natural systems, the number of […]
State Board of Ag Honors Dan Kluchinski Posthumously with Distinguished Service Award
Rutgers Cooperative Extension agricultural agent Dan Kluchinski was honored posthumously on February 7 with a Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citation by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture during the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher said, “While we are saddened by Dan’s recent passing, […]
IFNH Building Makes List of New Jersey’s 25 Must-See Buildings
While architecture is considered an art based on utility and aesthetics, in the ordinary developed landscape, few structures stand out as striking designs. In this light, USA Today Travel asked American Institute of Architects (AIA) chapters across the country to name 25 structures visitors should see in their state. Included on the list of “25 […]
In Memoriam: Barbara Lapinski Tangel, Alumna and Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Barbara L. Tangel, M.S., R.D. died January 21, 2018 at her home after an extended illness at age 67. A resident of East Brunswick, NJ, Tangel served as assistant teaching professor at the Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the Rutgers University for 43 years. She received her B.S. degree […]
Rutgers Agribusiness Scholars Program Grows through Matching Donation Challenge from Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation
With the graying of New Jersey’s and the nation’s farmers, many are posing the question – who will be the next generation of growers? Beyond that lies a diverse structure of agricultural-affiliated industries that face a similar conundrum. A recent National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Purdue University study projects that, in the coming years, there […]
