by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Every autumn, gardeners visit their favorite garden center and are confronted by rack upon rack of rather unappealing appearing “bulbs.” Occasionally, a gardener will take a leap of faith and buy a few of the dry, papery brown objects in the hopes that flowers, similar […]
Rutgers “Earth Day Every Day!” Spring 2021 series Begins March 8
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s “Earth Day Every Day” educational webinar series is back for Spring 2021. Open to the public, these free sessions focus on steps everyone can take to protect the environment. We can all do our part to take actions that make our homes more sustainable, from starting a native plant garden, to protecting […]
FCHS Teaches Nutrition and Lifeskills to the Developmentally Disabled
FCHS, the Nutrition Guru! Programs that offer long-term support and assistance help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities reach new heights and thrive in our communities. Thanks to a NJ SNAP-Ed grant, Rutgers Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS) partnered with ARC Gloucester County to create a nutrition and lifeskills program for residents with intellectual […]
Black History Month: Kate Brown – Alumna and RCE Program Associate
Editors Note: We sincerely apologize for the recent Instagram post of an image from this article that had no context and referenced Black History Month. Black History Month is an opportunity to acknowledge the many contributions of African Americans in our development as a nation and society and an opportunity to address ongoing racial injustice. […]
Cook Couples: Gene and Renée Wefer
Over the years, hundreds of romantic relationships that would eventually grow into marriages were formed on the George H. Cook campus. In 1976, two Animal Science majors, Gene Wefer (CC’78) and Renee Wefer nee Kozlowski (CC’79) met for the first time and began a romance that has endured since. They recently shared with us how […]
Will You Be My Valentine? Passaic County 4-Her’s Make Cards for Meals on Wheels
Even though Passaic County 4-Her’s have not been able to meet in person during this COVID Pandemic that didn’t stop them from continuing their yearly tradition of making Valentine’s Day Cards for Passaic County Meals on Wheels participants. For the last seven years Passaic County 4-Her’s have been make Valentine’s Day Cards for Meals on […]
Alumnus Jay Kelly: A Home-Grown Plant Savior
Inspired by SEBS Professors By Leslie Garisto Pfaff Jay Kelly’s earliest memories are of playing in the woods near his home in Middletown, New Jersey; he says he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t enchanted by nature. Today, his natural playground is much larger, encompassing the coasts and forests of New Jersey and beyond. […]
Arum italicum subspecies italicum: One Hot Flower!
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture. With the chilly temperatures of winter well entrenched in our Gardens, evergreen foliage clearly plays an important role in providing interest throughout this season. Conifers serve an important role in providing the bones for the garden, but there is still a need for detail plantings […]
FCHS Raises Awareness for American Heart Month with Love Your Heart Webinar Series
Taking care of your heart, as well as being holistically healthy, has never been more important in our lives than right now. With so much going on in our lives recently, Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) of Somerset County is raising awareness by offering a free webinar series throughout February called Love Your Heart. […]
Big Differences in How Coral Reef Fish Larvae are Dispersed
Rutgers-led research could help scientists improve conservation of species How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons – a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists improve conservation of species. Right after most coral reef fish hatch, they join a […]
