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.
Grafting apple trees to be shown at Rutgers’ Snyder Farm in Franklin Township
Want to learn the how’s and why’s of propagating apple trees and changing varieties with the age-old techniques of grafting? Then come to the last class in this spring’s Rutgers Snyder Farm Home Orchard Series…Both classroom instruction a…
100 Years of Cooperative Extension: Rutgers Ag Engineering Specialist William Roberts’ Innovation is National Landmark
Sometimes innovation strikes at the most unlikely of times and in the most unlikely of places. While researchers can labor for months at their research facilities, a breakthrough may come while they’re tinkering at home in their garage or basement. Such was the case for Rutgers Cooperative Extension specialist William Roberts when he used an […]
Master Gardeners present “Alternatives to Invasive Plants” @ Stafford
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners of Ocean County will present “Alternatives to Invasive Plants” at the Stafford branch Monday, April 28th at 2:30 PM.
Mercer 4-H Member Speaks at USDA Borlaug Symposium
Renee Stillwell, Mercer County 4-H member, was invited by the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture to be one of a handful of youth to speak at the USDA symposium commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the birth of plant biologist and humanitarian Norman Borlaug, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for a […]
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…
NJ Students Dive into Ocean Exploration at Rutgers Ocean Days Event April 8-9 & 11
More than 300 New Jersey school students, grades 3-12, Rutgers faculty, staff and students. Rutgers University scientists, graduate and undergraduate students will guide the students as they learn about exploring the ocean deep, Antarctic krill and penguins, ocean acidification, and much more.
National Volunteer Week April 6-13: Rutgers 4-H Salutes NJ Volunteers
Each year, thousands of volunteers in New Jersey donate their time and energy to make their communities a better place to live. These volunteers will be among the millions across the country who will be spotlighted during National Volunteer Week, April 6-13, 2014. One group that relies heavily on volunteers is the New Jersey 4-H […]
Rutgers Alumna Finds Thousands of Creepy Crawlies Live in our Homes
Nancy Brill earned a bachelor’s degree in natural resource management from Rutgers in 2000. After completing a master’s degree in horticulture at North Carolina State University (NCSU), she returned to Rutgers as a field researcher in vegetable pathology at Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Upper Deerfield, NJ. Brill, who later earned a Ph.D. […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension offers spring lawn and garden tips
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension offers the following tips for people doing work on their lawn and garden this spring. Bulbs: Start planting summer bulbs in May. Some favorites are gladiolus, dahlias, calla lilies, caladiums, alstroemeria, lilies, cro…
