Rutgers Food Innovation Center
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Award-winning Film Highlights Rutgers Efforts to Protect Basil from Blight
James Simon – Dept. of Plant Biology; Andy Wyenandt – Rutgers Cooperative Extention; Dena Seidel – Rutgers Climate Institute
Master Gardener Plant Sale, May 13
Master Gardeners – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Welcome Jennifer Salt Taylor as an FCHS Educator in Passaic County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. I’m delighted to welcome Jennifer Salt Taylor as our new FCHS Educator in Passaic County who will focus on supporting equitable and sustainable community food systems in the county. Jennifer has focused her professional life on community nutrition and increasing access […]
Antiquity in Our Midst
Bruce Crawford – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
NJBPU Approves Agreement with Rutgers for Dual-Use Solar Pilot Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved an agreement with the Rutgers University Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) to facilitate the development and implementation of a Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program over the next three years. The Pilot Program is designed to demonstrate and study the compatibility of agricultural or horticultural production with solar […]
Announcement: Melissa Bright Appointed County 4-H Agent in Somerset County
Announcement from Rachel Lyons, chair of the Department of 4-H Youth Development. Please welcome Melissa Bright to her new role as County 4-H Agent in Somerset County, effective May 1, 2023. Melissa has served as a site director for the YMCA of Hunterdon and Bucks Counties leading a school age childcare program since 2018. For […]
Plant of the Month: Antiquity in Our Midst
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission Plant blindness is a term J. H. Wandersee and E. E. Schussler coined in 1999, defining how people do not recognize the importance of plants due to their lack of mobility and motion. I suspect this issue would be even more problematic if the plant […]
Rutgers EcoComplex Improves Campus Sustainability
Serpil Guran – EcComplex
Master Gardener Plant Sale at Rutgers Day, April 29
Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners