Across the country, food waste is the single largest component of municipal waste. Backyard composting offers a beneficial way to reduce waste by recycling a large portion of that food. Composting is more than a waste reduction strategy, producing a va…
Hunterdon’s Mt. Airy Dairy 4-H Club turning 90
For 90 years the Mt. Airy Dairy 4-H Club has been teaching kids about cows and the dairy industry, making it the oldest continually operating club in New Jersey and possibly the second oldest in the United States…By 1918 there were hundreds of clubs …
New Jersey Wine Industry Gets Rutgers Education
The winemakers’ art relies on the cultivation of select varieties of well-adapted grapes that thrive under sets of conditions unique to every site. The French have a single vocabulary word, “terroir”, to describe this broad set of interacting factors that includes the soils, their orientation, grape variety, farming practices, climate, local microclimate, wine making culture […]
Stink bugs are expected to invade in record numbers
What’s the big stink all about? Halyomorpha halys, better known as "stink bugs," are expected to pop up in record numbers and will be taking up residence in your home as the onslaught of cold weather approaches. Despite their small size, equal …
Keeping Stink Bugs Out of Your House Video
It’s that time of year when Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (BMSB) find their way indoors for winter shelter. Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) is a member of the Stop BMSB project team that is working to find management solutions for BMSB that protect food, environment, and farms. Fellow member organization University of Maryland […]
Ecologist’s forest created in Bradley Beach gains interest as a natural storm barrier
Three years ago, ecologist Alek Modjeski began planning a maritime forest on less than a half acre at Fletcher Lake. Now, nearly a year after superstorm Sandy devastated the Shore area, his small forest, completed Sept. 28, is being hailed as an exampl…
New Jersey Nurseryman Ken Osterman Wins National Friend of Extension Award
Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) honorary fraternity represents extension agents in 4-H, agriculture and resource management, family and consumer health sciences, and environment and natural resources, and is dedicated to fostering standards of excellence in the Extension system and developing the Extension profession. Each year ESP’s award program pays tribute to Extension professionals who have exhibited […]
4-H Movement—A Long History, A Great Future
Between Oct. 6-12 this year, 4-H members and volunteers across New Jersey and the nation will celebrate National 4-H Week. The Cooperative Extension System’s dynamic, informal, educational program for young people, 4-H programs reach over 6.5 million young people across the United States. The program combines the cooperative efforts of youth, volunteer leaders, state land-grant […]
New Jersey 4-H Members to Celebrate National 4-H Week Oct. 6-12
New Jersey 4-H Members will join over 6.5 million boys and girls nationwide in observing National 4-H Week, Oct. 6-12. In New Jersey, there are nearly 2,800 volunteers working with over 55, 750 youth involved in 4-H programming efforts. These volunteers are among the over 500,000 volunteers nationwide who each contributed about 220 hours of […]
County employees learn about healthy foods
County employees learned about health food during a workshop last week. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, Family and Community Health Sciences Department hosted a Healthy Eating: Avoid Salt Overload workshop for Cape May County empl…
