Rutgers alumnus and former faculty member Brevoort Conover, who passed away on April 13, 2014, was a 4-H Youth Development agent during his long career with Rutgers. He was recognized with several distinguished service awards and was inducted into the 4-H National Hall of Fame in 2010. In November 2013, he shared his story with […]
Hunterdon County
Local Rutgers Master Gardeners honored by State Association
The Rutgers University Master Gardener Program, a volunteer organization of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, annually recognizes the outstanding volunteer work done by members of each county organization. In Somerset and Hunterdon Counti…
Rutgers Family and Community Health Sciences Collaborates on Major USDA Grant
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) has again collaborated with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to secure a $324,151 Team Nutrition Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. The two-year grant renews the Grow Healthy New Jersey–Team Nutrition Initiative that began in 2010. Grant funds will be […]
Hunterdon’s Mt. Airy Dairy 4-H Club turning 90
For 90 years the Mt. Airy Dairy 4-H Club has been teaching kids about cows and the dairy industry, making it the oldest continually operating club in New Jersey and possibly the second oldest in the United States…By 1918 there were hundreds of clubs …
Time for the Great Jersey Tomato Tasting
Does the opportunity to challenge your palette with nearly 60 varieties of freshly picked tomatoes excite you? Do you know the difference between Mortgage Lifter and Jersey Devil? Would you like to visit a 350-acre research farm on the one afternoon of…
Annual Great Tomato Tasting at Rutgers Snyder Farm Aug. 28
If there’s one thing New Jerseyans never tire of, it’s great tasting tomatoes. The annual Great Tomato Tasting event, now celebrating its 23rd year, is a great way to taste and compare different varieties of tomatoes from the Garden State. The tomato tasting festival is the premier summer event of the Rutgers Clifford E. and […]
New Jersey gardens: Hunterdon County 4-H fair to focus on native bees
There are 4,000 species of bees in North America, 400 of which are native to New Jersey. The Rutgers Master Gardeners of Somerset and Hunterdon Counties invite the public to learn more about New Jersey’s native bees during presentations at the Hunterdo…
Master Farmers tour Franklin farm growing beef, peppers, sunflowers and herbs [photos]
A group of around 50 "cream of the crop" farmers, those given the designation Master Farmer, saw sampling of agri-business in Hunterdon and Morris counties Saturday, Aug. 3, during the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Tour. It included the Rutge…
What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Bug That Moved Orchards
As the old Frank Sinatra song “High Hopes” goes, “anyone knows an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant,” unless, of course, “he’s got HIGH hopes.” So how could an insect move orchards? No high hopes needed, just piercing/sucking mouth parts that suck plant juices from twigs, branches, fruit and foliage. Such is the case […]
Master Farmers to see agri-business operations in Hunterdon, Morris
A group of around 50 “cream of the crop” farmers, those given the designation Master Farmer, will see a sampling of agri-business in Hunterdon and Morris counties Saturday during the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Master Farmer Tour. It will include the…
