Three individuals and one organization received Sustainable Raritan River Awards at the 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan Conference and Awards Ceremony at Rutgers’ Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering in Piscataway on June 7, 2019. The annual awards recognize outstanding achievement in efforts to revitalize, restore and protect the Raritan resources and promote the area as a […]
Middlesex County
New Brunswick Schools Leads Way in Food Waste Reduction
Jennifer Shukaitis, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Sara Elnakib, Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Greater Brunswick Charter School Eighth Graders Get Professional Fitness Training in Rutgers Pilot Program
At a time when adolescents may have already established attitudes towards physical activity and fitness and are on the verge of beginning high school, itself coming with added social influence and stress, eighth grade can be a turning point for students if there is a motivating influence. This opportunity was presented to 44 eighth-graders at […]
Young adults in New Jersey find new interest in farming careers
Bill Hlubik, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
An Ag Field Day Favorite: Plant Sales
In the long history and evolution of Ag Field Day–beginning as an outreach event to New Jersey’s farmers in the early twentieth century; to one focused more on the George H. Cook campus community and college; and then expanding to a regional event attracting throngs of people from surrounding areas; to the inspiration for the […]
Middlesex gardening classes taking place in March
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Restoring the Arbor Trail
Tucked on the back of the Rutgers University Inn on Cook campus lies a hidden and once forgotten gem: the Arbor Trail. Four years ago, senior environmental planning and design major Elliot Nagele was walking along the inn’s lawn and noticed this hidden Rutgers relic overgrown with weeds, leaves and tree stumps. Intrigued, Nagele, went […]
EARTH Center hosting bird count on Saturday
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Middlesex County
Sue Meaney, Rutgers Environmental Steward
Home Gardeners School Returns to Rutgers March 23
The annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School, offering “something for everyone,” will be held at on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s program consists of 40 workshop sessions covering a wide array of horticulture topics. Attendees can create a personalized schedule for a fun day of learning by selecting the workshops […]
Rutgers Against Hunger Successfully Concludes 10th Annual Adopt-A-Family Program
Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) has successfully concluded the 10th year of their Adopt-A-Family initiative. Through the generosity of approximately 180 Rutgers New Brunswick faculty and staff “adopting” families for the holidays, a total of 279 families in the greater New Brunswick area were sponsored this year. In Newark, approximately 62 families were adopted by sponsors from […]
