For the past few years, the New Jersey Healthy Kids Initiative (NJHKI) has partnered with Greater Brunswick Charter School (GBCS) in New Brunswick to provide nutrition education, culinary literacy, and physical activity programs and activities to its students. This has included biweekly field trips for kindergarten and seventh graders to attend the New Jersey Institute for […]
Crazy Frog Hoppers 4-H Club inspires essential workers
4-H
New Jersey’s diverse food sources one safeguard against shortages
Rick VanVranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
In Memoriam: John (Jack) Kupcho, Alum and Former Ag Agent and Department Chair
John (Jack) Kupcho, former Essex County agricultural agent and former chair of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) within Rutgers Cooperative Extension passed away on May 11, 2020 at the age of 83. Born in Peckville, PA, he served in the U.S. Air Force and earned his undergraduate degree in ornamental horticulture from […]
Senior Story: The Ocean, a Superstorm, and One Honor Student’s Trajectory – Hailey Conrad (SEBS’20)
The Jersey Shore is endeared in our minds as a mystical convergence of beach, ocean, boardwalk and amusements—punctuated with sounds of seagulls and crashing waves—and seasoned with smells of salty air and clams. Growing up at the beach provides a year-round, behind-the-scenes perspective of the Shore that summer visitors rarely see. For Hailey Conrad, growing […]
NJ community gardens open for growing | Gardener State
Madeline Flahive DiNardo; Megan Muehlbauer, – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Somerset County 4-H Inspires Essential Workers
4-H – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
A Season of Adapting for South Jersey Growers
Rick VanVranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension in Atlantic County
4-H science, engineering workshops available
Chad Ripberger – Rutgers 4-H
You’ve always wanted a garden. Here’s how to make it happen (as you wait out coronavirus)
William Errickson – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
