Chad Ripberger, Janice McDonnell – 4-H
Mercer County
Rutgers STEM Ambassador’s Program Inspires New Cohort of New Jersey High Schoolers
This year’s Rutgers STEM Ambassador’s program, an interactive, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) initiative for mostly 9th and 10th grade students in a campus setting, drew about 60 participants from Atlantic, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties. Chad Ripberger, Rutgers 4-H agent from Mercer County, and Janice McDonnell, 4-H SET agent, […]
On-Farm Food Safety Certificate Training, September 11
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
101st Mercer County 4-H Fair being held Aug. 3-4
Mercer County 4-H Fair
Mercer farm fair
4-H; Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County
Teens in N.J. benefit from 4-H and Google
CYFAR, 4-H, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Teens in NJ and Across the Country Benefit from 4-H and Google Collaboration to Expand Access to Free Computer Science Education
A new $6 million grant from Google.org helps 4-H bring technology, resources, and training to over 1,000 urban youth around New Jersey. In New Jersey and all across the country, technology will play an increasingly important role in the way we live and work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that in just three […]
Experiential Marketing – the Produce Shopper’s Alternative to Bland Online Shopping
Karen Ensle, Family and Consumer Health Sciences, RCE of Union County
Rick VanVranken, Agriculture and Natural Resources, RCE of Atlantic County
Mercer County 4-H Encourages Community Exhibits at 100th Annual 4-H Fair
4-H, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers-Led “Tick Blitz” Finds Exotic Longhorned Ticks and Aggressive Lone Star Ticks in New Locations Across New Jersey
Findings will help state, partner agencies check the spread of tick-borne diseases. Researchers at Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s Rutgers Center for Vector Biology have found exotic longhorned ticks in four New Jersey counties – and confirmed that these northeast Asian ticks have been present in the Garden State since at least 2013. The new detection of these […]
