Rutgers’ Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) and the Salem Health and Wellness Foundation announced the establishment of a Health Educator position for Salem County, which has been without a FCHS health educator for over 20 years. FCHS, a unit of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), sought to establish this position in Salem County, […]
New Jersey 4-H Youth Develop Skills at Leadership Washington Focus Conference
Fifteen New Jersey 4-H youth are ready to take on the challenges of leadership in the 21st century after experiencing the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Leadership Washington Focus (LWF), an intensive 4-H leadership development program for middle-school youth. The conference was held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center […]
New Jersey 4-Hers Boost Leadership and Civic Skills in Washington, D.C.
New Jersey 4-H members learned about government processes in the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), an intensive 4-H civic engagement program for high-school youth held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 30 youth and three […]
Salem County school gardens help students grow healthy eating habits
As the childhood obesity epidemic continues, teaching kids the benefits of healthy eating is becoming more and more important for parents and health officials…The foundation has partnered with Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Food Corps this year to start the “Grow Healthy” campaign to reach kids by establishing garden projects at six schools in Salem County.
PortaScience team travels to Rwanda to educate dairy farmers on milk quality
Michael Gavin, president of PortaScience, Inc., recently returned from Rwanda where he participated in the educational segment of a program funded by a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation to commercialize a milk quality test for East A…
Landscape classes offered in South Jersey
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County will present four free classes in Woodstown and Millville this fall that focus on practices homeowners may use to make their landscapes more eco-friendly.
NJ 4-H Teens Boost Leadership Skills and Civic Engagement at Citizenship Conference in the Nation’s Capital
New Jersey 4-H Members learned about government processes in the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), an intensive 4-H civic engagement program for high-school youth held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 30 youth and three […]
New Jersey 4-H members to attend national conference
Thirty 4-H members have been selected to represent New Jersey at the 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus Conference. This conference, now in its 54th year, is taking place this week at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. Citizens…
