The incidence of overweight children has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., with obesity rates having nearly tripled to almost 20% over the last 30 years. Besides simply eating too much, childhood overweight is associated with low levels of physical activity. While less time for physical education in schools and more time spent in sedentary […]
New Brunswick Community Farmers Market Celebrates Fifth Year with Additional Location
As it enters its fifth season, the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market has more fresh things to offer than just the produce. Now, in addition to its primary location at Jones Avenue, there is a second location in the heart of downtown New Brunswick, at Kilmer Square Park. Also new is a fresh arrival of […]
Simple Steps to Keep Mosquitoes from Breeding in Your Yard
Rutgers Department of Entomology shares these procedures to help prevent mosquitoes from becoming a backyard nuisance.
Mosquito Menace: Rutgers Research Helps Reclaim Our Backyards
Every year, during the third week of June, mosquito control awareness gains nationwide focus as the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) sponsors National Mosquito Control Awareness Week to focus the public’s attention on the work of suppressing mosquito and other vector-transmitted diseases. This national campaign focuses the spotlight on mosquito control and the role of the AMCA, […]
Rutgers gives N.J. farmers alternatives to pesticides
When a barrage of brown marmorated stink bugs descended upon New Jersey in 2010, Hauser Hill Farms was not about to surrender its popular yellow, white and doughnut peaches. Nor was the family farm in Old Bridge willing to sacrifice its harvest of appl…
Cape May Oyster Flats
On a tour hosted by Fair Food, the NJ Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, a group of Philadelphia and New Jersey’s seafood chefs and buyers were given a lesson on "conception to consumption" – the three year proce…
Blueberries: Healthy to eat and fun to grow
If you believe everything you read, eating blueberries may be just about the healthiest thing in the universe. Claims include blueberries have the highest antioxidant capacity of all fresh fruit, and they reduce belly fat, neutralize free radicals, red…
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Launches Organic Land Care Website
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Organic Land Care program has recently gotten underway and is building momentum fast. The first Organic Land Care Certificate Program was offered in January for professional landscapers. This educational program focuses on organic practices for promoting healthy soil, enhancing biodiversity and reducing polluted runoff from managed landscapes. Workshops for homeowners have […]
A Global Crop Protection Effort
The IR-4 Project, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, is a multi-million dollar research organization focused on helping specialty crop growers with their crop protection needs. Based at Rutgers University in New Jersey, IR-4 now has a pre…
Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite!
This video on bed bugs by the Rutgers Department of Entomology explains what bed bugs are, how they feed, where they live, and how to look out for them. For more information on bed bugs, visit the bed bug website at: njaes.rutgers.edu/bedbug.
