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FCHS Launches New Website Promoting Safe Food Preservation
Farm market customers can find free information on safe home food preservation of farm fresh produce thanks to a new website designed to preserve the harvest and launched by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS). The website provides free access to a bounty of preservation resources, including techniques such […]
Bruce Crawford Receives National Garden Club Award
It All Began Picking Asparagus. Bruce Crawford’s fascination with plants began by picking asparagus in his grandparent’s vegetable garden, which led to a career in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture at Rutgers University. National Garden Clubs, Inc.’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence, was awarded to Bruce Crawford for his innovation in education and landscape design. […]
Ready, set, grow with 4-H!
“Ready, set, grow with 4-H!” is the theme for this year’s Morris County 4-H summer celebration. For the whole month of July, 4-H clubs, members, and volunteers will host a variety of activities covering a wide range of interests. There is something for everyone with both in-person and virtual options available. Check out the full […]
Update on the Leadership at Rutgers Gardens
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 Friends, After a very thoughtful and effective search, I am pleased to announce that we have successfully recruited the new Rutgers Gardens and Campus Sustainability Director. Ariana Arancibia […]
Can You Garden Mosquitoes Away?
By Nicole E. Wagner, Senior Research Technician; Grayson A. Tung, doctoral student; and Dina M. Fonseca, Director, Rutgers Center for Vector Biology With longer days and warmer temperatures returning, many of us look forward to spending time in our gardens tending to flowers and anticipating the taste of fresh produce. But one thing gardeners do […]
Shoring Up the Jersey Shore
Coastal communities are increasingly threatened by severe weather. The Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience initiative trains Rutgers graduate students to collaborate with local decision-makers and help vulnerable communities prepare for the impact of climate change. In 2012, New Jersey residents got an alarming tutorial on what unmitigated climate change portends when Hurricane Sandy, one of […]
Rutgers University Microbiome Program Will Examine the Interactions Among Microbes and Their Hosts
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Rutgers Magazine in the feature titled “Thinking Big” Rutgers Big Ideas—an initiative of 12 bold projects with global implications—will draw on the university’s academic, health care, and research expertise to make the world a better place. For more than 250 years, Rutgers has […]
Atmospheric Conditions: Earth 2100 Will Monitor Regional Weather Dynamics as a Model for Managing Climate Change
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Rutgers Magazine in the feature titled “Thinking Big” Rutgers Big Ideas—an initiative of 12 bold projects with global implications—will draw on the university’s academic, health care, and research expertise to make the world a better place. For more than 250 years, Rutgers has […]
Join the Feed a Family 5K and Help Feed New Jersey Families
This June, Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS) Department will host its first annual virtual Feed a Family 5K and Wellness Walk. FCHS is partnering with Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) to raise funds that will stock NJ food pantries with nutritious foods and help families learn easy, tasty ways to use that […]
