Sixteen public events scheduled across the state; hundreds more worldwide The third annual National Moth Week, a worldwide citizen science project started in New Jersey in 2012, will be celebrated across the state, beginning with an early kickoff “Moth Ball” slated for Friday, July 11, in Bergen County. Started by the Friends of the East […]
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New Jersey 4-Hers Boost Leadership and Civic Skills in Washington, D.C.
New Jersey 4-H members learned about government processes in the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), an intensive 4-H civic engagement program for high-school youth held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 30 youth and three […]
Beating the Bugs in the Bogs: Postdoctoral Student Studies Cranberry Resistance to Gypsy Moth
The gypsy moth is a destructive insect pest infesting New Jersey’s forests, destroying thousands of acres of trees. In the New Jersey Pinelands, the gypsy moth is also an occasional pest of cranberries. Gypsy moth caterpillars will readily eat the plants in outbreak years, when they are abundant in the Pinelands, like in 2007. The caterpillars prefer to […]
Four area incubator companies cited for success
Four Burlington County businesses were among 18 high-performing companies cited Friday at the second annual Business Incubation Awards held at the Rutgers EcoComplex on Florence-Columbus Road. The award-winning companies were from a wide range of indus…
Reduce N & P in Lakes and Ponds with DIY Floating Wetland
Wetlands are effective tools for cleaning polluted water. As the plants grow they remove excess nutrients from stormwater runoff and store it in their leaves, while adding oxygen to the water. Their roots also support a habitat for microorganisms that feed on excess nutrients. A way to help lakes or ponds from becoming a soupy […]
NJ Farmers Graduate from Rutgers Annie’s Project Course Focused on Greenhouse Production
Over the course of several weeks in January and February, Rutgers Cooperative Extension held a new farm business management program focusing on greenhouse production, Annie’s Project New Jersey for Greenhouse Growers, which featured a combination of classroom instruction and webinars. A total of 35 greenhouse growers participated in the program, the first of its kind […]
Farmers learn of dangers from experts
Remember the terrifying scene in the movie "Witness" when the bad guy gets caught in a silo as thousands of tiny kernels fall on top of him, burying him in a suffocating cloud of corn? On farms, the danger of a storage accident is real. So are …
Burlington County 4-H Club Captures Award at National 4-H Film Fest
The 4-H Caring Canines Club of Burlington County captured first place in the Promotions Division at the 2013 National 4-H Film Fest but placed fourth overall out of 38 entries from eight states. 4-H volunteers, Linda Berk, Kim Tzap and Trish McCoy serve as the leaders of this winning 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Project […]
Farming tradition fading
In July, Sunny Red Farm in Southampton closed. Its owners, Wayne and Roberta Shontz, sold the last of their dairy cows, and an auction company drove onto their farm and removed trucks and equipment. They had been raising dairy cows on their land along …
For region’s farmers, wet weather is mixed bag
After the wettest day on record in Greater Philadelphia earlier this week, downpours put the area under another flash flood warning Thursday, luring only a handful of shoppers to brave outdoor farmers markets in the city. As for farmers well outside Ph…