New Jersey farmers are among the most innovative and most productive farmers in the nation. Farming in the country’s most densely populated state in the U.S. comes with many challenges. It also comes with marketing opportunities with approximately nine million residents in the Garden State. The buy-local movement is not something new to New Jersey. […]
RU ready 2 garden series
Bill Hlubik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
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 Many consumers have never preserved food at home and others may be using outdated or unsafe recipes and procedures found on the internet.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 […]
Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Daryl Minch; Alexandra Grenci; Sherri Cirignano – Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
County 4-H Presentations Move Online
LInda Horner – 4-H Youth Development Program
FIC and Specialty Foods Association Bring Taste and Nutrition to Those in Need
Since early February, thousands of specialty food products have been arriving at the Food Innovation Center (FIC) at Rutgers University in Bridgeton, NJ, in preparation for the Specialty Food Association’s “specialty outstanding food innovation” sofi™ Awards – the most prestigious competition in specialty foods. Due to the pandemic, the judging has been delayed, leaving a large […]
COVID-19 having significant impact on America’s food industry
Bill Bamka, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Burlington County
Rutgers FIC, Specialty Food Association donate foods to local community
Margaret Brennan-Tonetta, NJAES
This Earth Day especially, ‘remember plants are non-judgmental’ — what it’s like to start gardening during a pandemic
Joel Flagler – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
U.S. Fresh Produce and Milk Disruptions and the New Jersey Farm Outlook
Why are there food shortages right now in certain areas? How can food be scarce when media reports reveal milk being dumped on the farm or at processing plants? Why are vegetable fields, ready to be harvested, being plowed under in Florida and California? The situation at first glance makes no sense. Why is the […]
