Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team has successfully partnered with New Jersey schools since 2018 to implement strategies that reduce the amount of food waste generated by school cafeterias. The Food Waste Team has also piloted curricula in schools that teach students the importance of reducing food waste. In 2020, New Jersey became the first state in […]
Food/Nutrition/Health
Announcement: Kathleen Cullinen is the new FCHS Educator in Ocean County
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 […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Food Waste Team Partners with Ohio State in Consumer Food Waste Education Project
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Food Waste Team is partnering with The Ohio State University, which was awarded a $2.5 million Pilot Consumer Education Campaign on Food Loss and Waste grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. RCE’s Food Waste Team has a strong record of success in implementing food waste education and reduction initiatives […]
3 People Dead and 6 Hospitalized After Listeria Outbreak From Washington Restaurant’s Milkshakes
Don Schaffner – Department of Food Science
Waste Not, Want Not: Ensuring that Summer Produce Goes to Good Use
Jennifer Shukaitis – Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
The Best Foods To Pack For Camping, According To Food Safety Experts
Don Schaffner – Department of Food Science
The Rutgers Center for Vector Biology (CVB) has revamped New Jersey Ticks 4 Science!
Emily Fontaine – Department of Entomology
Gift of $1.25M for Rutgers Nutrition Student Scholarships Honors Vitamin Industry Pioneer
Laura Lawson – SEBS
Lyme disease, and the ticks that carry it, are becoming more common in NJ
Dina Fonseca – Dept. of Entomology
A Kitchen Challenge: Nudging College Students Toward Healthy Eating
Yanhong Jin – Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics
