Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. Please welcome Kathleen Cullinen, Ph.D., RDN, joins the Rutgers Cooperative Extension as a Family and Community Health Sciences Educator for Ocean County. Cullinen will be part of the Healthy Aging efforts within Rutgers Cooperative Extension, supporting education, outreach, and scholarship in […]
4-H Member Kaitlyn Culbert is a Honey Bee Champion
Fighting for Honey Bee and Pollinator Health Through Scientific Research & Community Outreach With the honey bee population threatened by climate change, Kaitlyn—known as the “Bee Girl” at Toms River High School North in Toms River, New Jersey—decided to take matters into her own hands by studying and protecting honeybees as both a researcher and […]
FCHS Shares Wellness Tips for a Healthy New Year
By Joanne Kinsey, FCHS educator, Atlantic and Ocean counties, and Rachel Tansey, senior extension associate, Monmouth County The start of the new year is the best time to initiate your personal wellness program. Take charge of your wellness path so you can enjoy your healthiest year with a few simple action steps. The […]
JCNERR and NJDEP Partner to Communicate Coastal Flood Risk in New Jersey
The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR), which encompasses more than 115,000 acres of forested uplands, wetlands, aquatic habitats and barrier islands, is known among coastal practitioners in the state as a resource for tools and information to help communicate coastal flood risks in New Jersey. Managed by Rutgers NJAES in partnership with […]
What’s bugging your yard? | Gardener State
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Departments to Present Part 2 of Seafood Seminar
Christine Zellers; Joanne Kinsey; Rachel Tansey – Family & Community Health Sciences
Lauren Errickson – Department of Nutritional Sciences
Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Found in Ocean County
Susan Emhardt-Servidio – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Webinars Focus on Native Plants, Pollinators
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County
Family and Community Health Sciences Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Interest in home food preservation – canning, freezing, and dehydrating– has increased in recent years as more people plant home gardens, participate in CSA’s or buy produce from local farm markets. Many consumers have never preserved food at home and others may be using outdated or unsafe recipes and procedures found on the internet. Although […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension launches ‘Earth Day at Home’ | Gardener State
Steve Yergeau – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
