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Veggie Rx Promotes Connections Between Food and Health
by Lori Riley The “Garden State” is home to more than 9,000 agricultural farms and is one of the country’s top producers of blueberries, cranberries, spinach, bell peppers, and peaches. However, according to a report by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, more than 1.2 million New Jersey residents (13.5 percent of the state’s population) are likely experiencing […]
Rutgers Is Among 35 State Higher Education Institutions Receiving Grants to Help Populations Hardest Hit By The Pandemic
Rutgers has received more than $3 million in federal funding to help low-income students and those from historically underrepresented communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The university is among 35 state higher education institutions receiving $28.5 million in “Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge (OMIC)” grants to develop system-wide reforms that will stop declining enrollments in populations […]
RCE Launches New Urban Gardening Webinar Series in Spanish
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), a unit of New Jersey Agricultural Extension Station (NJAES), has unveiled a new urban gardening webinar series in Spanish, titled “El Huerto Urbano.” This series, which are offered free on Mondays, started on July 12 and runs through August 9. It consists of live webinars presented by RCE & NJAES experts […]
RCE receives USDA-NIFA Funding to Promote Vaccine Education in Rural America
There is significant concern among farmworkers and farmers about on-farm transfer of the COVID-19 virus. The ability to connect with vaccine providers has proven difficult for those language and technology/internet barriers, and those without established relationships with health care providers. In addition, undocumented farmworkers are less likely to have a health care connection and are […]
Rutgers Water Resources Program Helps Install 50 Rain Gardens to Help Mitigate Stormwater Runoff
Featured Rain Gardens for June 2021 The Rutgers Water Resources Program has been working with communities across New Jersey to design and install rain gardens, which can capture, treat, and infiltrate thousands of gallons of stormwater runoff per year, Their goal was to complete 50 raingardens while following social distancing guidelines, as part of their […]
The Unexpected Health Benefits of Gardening
By Jennifer Shukaitis, assistant professor/educator, Department of Family & Community Health Sciences. Summer has arrived in New Jersey, and with it, the longer, sunnier days that can inspire people to (literally!) dig in and garden. This year, gardening may be an especially beneficial activity as people emerge and recover from any negative experiences or feelings […]
Plant of the Month: the Culver’s Root Fan Club
by Bruce Crawford, Program Leader in Home and Public Horticulture Why are certain plants popular with gardeners and others not? It is a pattern that I have always found interesting, but suspect will never understand fully. Currently, one of the popular trends that will hopefully become the norm is adding native plants to the garden. […]
New Jersey 4-H Animal Art Show Winners Announced
4-H members from throughout the state took part in the first ever, New Jersey 4-H Animal Art Contest held virtually in April and May. All entries were animal related and were organized into five categories – 1) Dog, 2) Equine, 3) Livestock (beef, dairy, goats, sheep, and swine), 5) Small Animals (rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, guinea […]
Rutgers Equine Science Center Recruiting Veterans for Equine Assisted Services Research
The Rutgers Equine Science Center is currently recruiting veterans for a research project investigating the effects of equine assisted services on veterans with PTSD. The research is being conducted by doctoral candidate Ellen Rankins, and professors Ken McKeever and Karyn Malinowski, director of ESC. if you are a veteran yourself or have a loved one […]
