New Jersey Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) are getting you ready to preserve your fresh produce and other foods with 8 free webinars on home food preservation from April 15 and June 10. Hosted by experts from across New Jersey, each week will discuss different topics exploring step-by-step instructions, equipment, and best practices. “Preserving produce […]
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New Jersey 4-H Members Attend National Agri-Science Summit
Six New Jersey 4-H members attended the National 4-H Agri-Science Youth Summit held virtually from March 5-7. The purpose of the summit is to provide teens with an opportunity to learn about and develop an understanding of the critical role that agricultural science innovation, ranging from environmental science to current technologies used in agriculture, plays […]
Organic Land Care: A Different, but Not Difficult Approach to a Beautiful Yard
By Agriculture and natural resources county agents Amy Rowe (Essex and Passaic) and Michele Bakacs (Middlesex and Union) Making the transition to organic land care may seem intimidating to the average homeowner who maintains their own lawn and landscape. Many misconceptions exist about organic landscaping. Perhaps you have questions whether “that stuff really works” or […]
FCHS Offers Cancer Thriving & Surviving Series
Are you or someone you love battling cancer or who has beaten cancer? Michelle Brill, Family & Community Health Sciences Educator, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County, in partnership with the Hunterdon & Mercer Regional Chronic Disease Coalition and the Elixir Fund, is offering the highly acclaimed FREE Cancer Thriving & Surviving series now available […]
Chionanthus – A Tree of Eloquence and Grace
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture The Fringe Tree is a member of the Oleaceae or Olive Family. Terms like eloquent, ethereal, and graceful are words I typically do not use to describe a plant. However, I do believe they are the perfect adjectives to describe the Fringe Tree, botanically named Chionanthus […]
Nutrition and Physical Activity for the Childbearing Years, An FCHS Series
Nutrition and Physical Activity for the Childbearing Years is a 3-part series from pre-conception through baby’s first year. Michelle Brill, FCHS Educator of Mercer County takes you through the latest research-based recommendations for optimal health and wellness at this special time in a woman’s life cycle. Drawing upon the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, and Cornell […]
Wolfram Hoefer Receives Prestigious International Landscape Architecture Teaching Award
Wolfram Hoefer, associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, was recognized with the 2021 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). This competitive international award was presented on March 19 at the annual conference of CELA, the premier international organization for educators in landscape architecture. Hoefer, who […]
FCHS Works with Multiple Partners to Distribute Donated Yogurt to Jersey Neighbors in Need
Rutgers Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) provides nutrition, health, and wellness education for a variety of audiences of any socioeconomic status. With SNAP-Ed grant funding from the New Jersey Department of Health, FCHS SNAP-Ed staff also seek to help improve healthy food access for limited resource populations, by identifying strategies to address […]
Developing a Restoration and Adaptation Plan for New Jersey’s Coast
A team led by Rutgers University is working with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to develop a Coastal Ecological Restoration and Adaptation Plan (CERAP) for New Jersey’s coastal marshes, estuaries and back-bays. The CERAP project team, which was awarded a $150,000 grant from NJDEP, includes the Rutgers University Center for Remote Sensing […]
Rutgers OCPE’s Online Course Enables Student to Start a Career in Public Health
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Despite the seemingly never-ending challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Breanna Livingstone participated in the online offering of the Rutgers Environment and Public Health (EPH) Program in the summer of 2020, completed the required 200-hour health department internship, and passed the New Jersey Registered and Environmental Health […]
