Jeannette Rea-Keywood – 4-H, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer holds graduation ceremony
Mercer County area residents recently became certified as Rutgers Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony held at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County. The graduates have diverse backgrounds and bring with them many talents and skills t…
N.J. State Golf Association Unveils Hall of Fame
Ralph Engel – Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Department of Plant Biology
Oyster farms survive Delaware Bay icebergs
Lisa Calvo – Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Examining the Raw Milk Movement
Cambridge University Press recently published a review of the raw milk movement by Joseph Heckman, professor of soil science in the Department of Plant Biology, in Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. The article, “Securing Fresh Food from Fertile Soil, Challenges to the Organic and Raw Milk Movements,” is the result of a seminar series that […]
Why Did So Few in Montecito Evacuate?
Cara Cuite – Department of Human Ecology; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Research project aims to help smaller farms
Joseph Heckman – Department of Plant Biology
Snyder Research Farm – New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
‘Growing Roselle,’ the Ninth Class in the NJAES Ultra-Niche Crops Series
New Jersey growers will get a chance to see whether they’d like to farm roselle –a plant of the hibiscus family whose leaf is commonly used among some ethnic populations for food preparations similar to spinach. The calyx and flower are used in a variety of ways, including making of tea, jam, jelly, juice, wine, […]
RCE’s Personal Finance Program Announces Investment Risk Tolerance Quiz Has a New Home
After more than a decade being housed on a Rutgers Cooperative Extension personal finance web page, a 13-question survey to assess personal investment risk tolerance has moved to a website at the University of Missouri. The change is being made as a result of a website re-design involving the use of new programming language at […]
IR-4 is Recognized for its Efforts to Provide Knowledge and Capacity on Pesticide Levels
On December 11, 2017, seventeen senior government officials signed a joint statement acknowledging the productive work of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) in building knowledge and capacity for developing countries in the area of pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs). STDF provided the funding for the USDA’s IR-4 Project to […]
