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 […]
Burlington County
In Memoriam: Ray Samulis, Former Burlington County Agricultural Agent
Raymond J. “Ray” Samulis, 69, of Roebling, New Jersey, passed away on February 24. He served as agriculture and natural resource agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County and retired in late 2017 after 41 years of service. His primary responsibilities were vegetable crops, especially sweet corn; cranberries; and farm safety. Samulis served for […]
County Mourns the Passing of Ray Samulis, Longtime Agricultural Agent
Ray Samulis – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Spotted lanternfly invasion of South Jersey has begun
George Hamilton, Department of Entomology
Anne Nielsen, Department of Entomology
Senior Story: Cultivating Fertile Ground for Success – Ameen Lotfi (SEBS’20)
While many students follow a direct path to college, for others the route is more circuitous. For Ameen Lotfi (SEBS 2020), however, it was more of a journey. The son of immigrants–his father is Egyptian and mother is Algerian–Lotfi grew up in Freehold, NJ and recently moved to Lumberton in Burlington County. After receiving his […]
COVID-19 having significant impact on America’s food industry
Bill Bamka, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
U.S. Fresh Produce and Milk Disruptions and the New Jersey Farm Outlook
Why are there food shortages right now in certain areas? How can food be scarce when media reports reveal milk being dumped on the farm or at processing plants? Why are vegetable fields, ready to be harvested, being plowed under in Florida and California? The situation at first glance makes no sense. Why is the […]
U.S. fresh produce, milk disruptions & N.J. farm outlook
William Bamka and Michelle Infante-Casella – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Harvest Time for Cranberries in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens
P.E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension
Open house prepares NJ community colleges for transferring to SEBS
Carol Andrew, Office of Academic Programs
