The Camden County 4-H Fair, presented by the Camden County Freeholder Board and Rutgers Cooperative Extension, is being held from Friday to Sunday, at Miller Farms, 134 N. Grove Street in Winslow Township. "Come to the Camden County 4-H Fair and br…
Rutgers Helps Farmers Fight an Old Enemy
Late blight, a serious disease that affects tomato and potato crops and caused by Phytophthora infestans, the pathogen largely responsible for the Irish Potato Famine in the mid 1800s, last threatened New Jersey’s tomato and potato industry in 2009. The disease, which has the potential to become a major problem because it can quickly kill […]
Brunswick area benefits from not-so-secret garden
Traveling on Ryders Lane at 50 mph, motorists concentrating on driving may miss a small sign with white letters on a green background. Drivers may be distracted as they approach Route 1 – perhaps planning to go north on the highway before the overpass,…
Horse riding 4-H club honors hospitalized member at Gloucester County fair
Every Gloucester County 4-H club marched across the main arena Thursday night to officially open the 60th annual fair. While every club parades its banner across the ring with pride and excitement, the Freedom Riders, a Southern Gloucester County horse…
Northeast Cooperative Extension Directors Honor Rutgers Program
A Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension program designed to conduct research and outreach programming on the marketing and production potential of new ethnic crops for East Coast farmers was honored at the annual meeting of the Northeast Extension Directors held July 8 at Cornell University. The program, An Integrated Multistate Research […]
NJ 4-H Teens Boost Leadership Skills and Civic Engagement at Citizenship Conference in the Nation’s Capital
New Jersey 4-H Members learned about government processes in the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), an intensive 4-H civic engagement program for high-school youth held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 30 youth and three […]
Rutgers OCPE Courses and DOL Grants Help NJ Unemployed Gain New Skills
New Jersey Department of Labor training grants and Rutgers continuing and professional education courses lead to practical skills and new employment opportunities for state residents The first part of Sergio Sosa’s story is far too familiar: the Union City resident was inches away from earning his Master’s degree in Biology from Rutgers, and was transitioning […]
Discover the secret world of trees at Master Tree Stewards program in Westfield
Trees outnumber people by a wide margin in Union County, but how much do you really know about our tall, green, and leafy fellow residents? The 4-H Master Tree Stewards of Union County know, and you can get in on the secret by joining the group as it t…
Five-decade Gloucester County 4-H volunteer keeps the annual fair moving
The Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds were bustling Wednesday with volunteers setting up horse stalls and cow bedding, assembling small animal exhibits, and directing vendors to set up their wares…Through the light chaos, a golf cart buzzed up and do…
Summer of adventures, awards and a garden party, too
Are you suffering through a mid-summer crisis this year? If so, why not take advantage of these not-your-average-garden-variety opportunities to make these dog days of summer sit up rather than play dead? In Middlesex County, students entering fifth th…
