Fields of Devotion, the science-in-action film featuring Rutgers University plant biologists developing disease-resistant food crops, is bringing farmers and university researchers together to discuss ways to jointly tackle New Jersey’s food production challenges. The film, directed by Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) science communications researcher Dena Seidel, will air on New Jersey PBS on August 19 at 5:00 […]
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North American Strawberry Growers Association Hosted in New Jersey
Bill Hlubik, Peter Nitzsche, Gary Pavlis. Michelle Infante-Casella, Bill Bamka, Rick VanVranken, Kate Brown – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Waste Not, Want Not: Ensuring that Summer Produce Goes to Good Use
As the end of summer nears, gardeners and fresh vegetable enthusiasts await in anticipation for an abundance of Jersey Fresh produce. However, even the biggest veggie-lovers often end up with more than they can handle, whether you have an excess of garden tomatoes or a vegetable from your CSA box you don’t know how to […]
Coastal Landscapes: South Jersey From the Air
Kenneth Able, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Documents These Coastal Landscapes in a Newly Published Book New Jersey has roughly one hundred and thirty miles of coastline, including a wide array of habitats from marshes to ocean beaches, each hosting a unique ecosystem. Yet these coastal landscapes are quite dynamic, changing rapidly as a result of commercial […]
A Sticking Point – How oyster shell scarcity puts the aquaculture industry between a rock and a hard place
Dave Bushek – Haskin Shellfish Research Lab
The Baby Oyster Bottleneck
Lucia De Souza Lima Safi – Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
Inaugural NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference – A Success!
Rutgers University’s Food Innovation Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, along with Middlesex County, held their first annual NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference at the Rutgers College Avenue Student Center in June. The conference was designed to help promote the growth of New Jersey’s food technology sector by building awareness of its strength in food […]
Inaugural NJ FoodTech 2023 Conference – A Success!
Nolan Lewin – Food Innovation Center
Rutgers Nursery and Ornamental Research and Demonstrations
With the help of RAREC farm crew and funding through RCE leadership, Tim Waller (Cumberland, Nursery Crops) has been diligently working to bring four Quonset-style high tunnels back into production for nursery and ornamental related research and demonstrations. Initially, the high tunnels required partial demolition, new flooring, hip and foot boards, wiggle-wire channels, 6mil plastic […]
Rutgers Center for Vector Biology has revamped New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!
“New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!” is a citizen-led initiative aiming to create a tick map showing the distribution of tick species and tick-borne pathogens across New Jersey by zip code. Ticks encountered by those working, living, or traveling in the state will be identified from pictures submitted to the NJ Ticks 4 Science website. Ticks […]