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 […]
Cape May County
Rutgers Haskin Lab Assists Cape May Co-op in Getting Oysters to Market
Lisa Calvo, aquaculture program coordinator at Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, has been a key resource in guiding the Cape May Oyster Cooperative, with additional help from experts at Rutgers New Jersey Aquaculture Innovation Center and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center. Read more from New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium on how working as a cooperative […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service Celebrates 100 Years
A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension May 29, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Extension Service…The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the Coo…
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Celebrates 100 Years
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Smith-Lever Act, the legislation which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System. A reception will take place May 29 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rutgers…
Honeybees Took a Beating During Brutal Winter
With wind gusts in excess of 30 mph buffeting him, Gary Schempp struggled to check the health of his honeybee hives. The insects, enduring another day imprisoned in their hives by the uncooperative weather, reacted to Schempp’s intrusion with a few well-placed stings to his left eyelid, left ear and upper lip…”Severe cold is a problem, but what is worse are dramatic fluctuations in temperature that we often have in South Jersey during the winter,” said Jenny Carleo, agricultural and resource management agent with the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station in Cape May Court House. “Insect activity is largely governed by temperature.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension offers spring lawn and garden tips
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension offers the following tips for people doing work on their lawn and garden this spring. Bulbs: Start planting summer bulbs in May. Some favorites are gladiolus, dahlias, calla lilies, caladiums, alstroemeria, lilies, cro…
Raising Disease-Resistant Oysters at Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Lab
Join Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory Director Dave Bushek on a virtual tour of the facilities and the important research conducted there for WHYY’s Friday Arts. Bushek demonstrates the process of raising disease-resistant oysters and explains how it not only benefits consumers and the oyster industry, but fish and birds as well.
Support Group Shows Grandparents They Are Not Alone
According to a 2010 U.S. Census, 6.2 percent of all children in New Jersey lived in grandparent headed households and the number of children being raised by their grandparents continues to rise. Whatever the reason and situation, grandparents raising t…
Support Group Shows Grandparents They Are Not Alone
According to a 2010 U.S. Census, 6.2 percent of all children in New Jersey lived in grandparent headed households and the number of children being raised by their grandparents continues to rise. Whatever the reason and situation, grandparents raising t…
4-H Youth Summit set
The New Jersey 4-H Program of Rutgers University will host the Science of Soil 4-H Youth Summit on Jan. 15 at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Sixth- through eighth-graders from public, private or parochial schools, as well as youth involved in stu…
