Ag Field day has gone to the (4-H) dogs for 25 years! For over 25 years, the State 4-H Dog Show has provided New Jersey 4-H dog project members a state level event to test their dog’s skills and meet fellow dog project enthusiasts. The event started as part of 4-H Action Day and eventually […]
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Using Digital Picture Frames for Extension Displays
Digital picture frames can bring a different dimension to Extension educators’ educational displays and enhance the experience of viewers. Moreover, by combining multiple digital displays with written materials, the educator can increase his or her ability to reach more people than what occurs when only a single tabletop display at one event is used. An […]
RCE’s Family and Community Health Sciences and EFNEP Participate in Family Festival in Camden, Part of First Lady’s “Nurture NJ”
As part of her statewide Nurture NJ campaign to improve maternal and infant health, First Lady Tammy Murphy hosted a Family Festival on Saturday, March 2, at Octavius V. Catto Family School in Camden. In January, at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, the First Lady unveiled a sweeping commitment to raise awareness of and […]
Gnocchi, reimagined: Wooller wants sexy things to happen on the pasta shelf: Stories from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Diane Holtaway, Rutgers Food Innovation Center
Marketing sports nutrition to the female athlete: ‘Don’t just pink it and shrink it,’ says expert
Michelle Arent, Center for Health and Human Performance, IFNH
Rutgers Against Hunger Successfully Concludes 10th Annual Adopt-A-Family Program
Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) has successfully concluded the 10th year of their Adopt-A-Family initiative. Through the generosity of approximately 180 Rutgers New Brunswick faculty and staff “adopting” families for the holidays, a total of 279 families in the greater New Brunswick area were sponsored this year. In Newark, approximately 62 families were adopted by sponsors from […]
Little Chefs Help Make Fruit Soup to Celebrate Winter Solstice
Preschoolers at the Rutgers Psychology Child Development Center at the Culture of Health Academy at the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH) made a sweet and savory fruit soup to celebrate the beginning of winter solstice. IFNH Harvest Chef Ian Keith led the children’s cooking lesson preparing a soup of Granny Smith […]
Rutgers Students and Staff Attend 2018 National FFA Convention
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) students and staff attended the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, October 24-27. Every year, FFA members nationwide converge to celebrate their accomplishments and find inspiration for their next steps. The event involved an exciting amount of motivational keynote speakers, energetic concerts, fulfilling workshops and […]
Student Food Sustainability Fair: Making Smart, Environmental Food Choices
By Dorothy Lee (SEBS’19) – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources The Food Sustainability Fair—held on World Food Day, October 16th—aimed to educate students about the cycle of food: before the plate, on the plate, and beyond the plate. I wanted to engage students in learning more about where food comes from and where […]
Rutgers University and the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market Awarded Grant to Promote Fresh Produce
The New Brunswick Community Farmers Market (NBCFM) has been selected to receive a 2018 Farmers Market Promotion Program Grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), designed to increase sales of agricultural products by local farmers around the country. The market is a collaboration between Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension, Johnson […]
