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 […]
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International Floricultural Expert Robin Brumfield Teaches Women to Manage Business Risks
This article was first published in Lancaster Farming. When Robin Brumfield, extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Rutgers, joined her high school’s FFA club in 1969 as one of the chapter’s first girls, she had no idea that her passion for greenhouses and bedding plants would lead to a […]
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, from the New Jersey Department of Health, FCHS partnered with ARC Gloucester County, a local organization in Woodbury, NJ, to create a nutrition […]
A Look at Climate Change and the IPCC as the U.S. Re-enters the Paris Agreement
Climate change is one of the most serious global problems today. Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, acidification of the ocean, damaging hurricanes, droughts, wildfires and other extreme events have caused devastating human, environmental and economic damage. In response to escalating climate change concerns, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created in 1988 by […]
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 […]
Black History Month: Albert Ayeni – Journey from Nigeria to the U.S.
February marks the start of Black History Month, among the most widely recognized heritage months in the cultural calendar of the U.S. It serves as a time in which the contributions of African Americans are celebrated and moreso in recent times, the continued struggle for racial justice in America is highlighted. To celebrate Black History Month in 2021, […]
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. […]
Zen and the Art of the Remote Conference Meeting
By Mary Whelan, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences. Organizing a creative remote meeting is a delicate maneuver. The resources available to us are limited, with attention being the scarcest commodity. Honestly, I cannot pay attention for a full hour, even when I am invested in the subject matter. Those of us who […]
Announcement: Update on Efforts to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SEBS/NJAES
Announcement by Laura J. Lawson, Interim Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Interim Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dear SEBS and NJAES community, Last June, the SEBS and NJAES Executive Leadership Team posted a statement in support of racial and social justice in our community and […]
