Win Cowgill, area fruit agent in the Rutgers NJAES Department of Agricultural Resource Management Agents, has collaborated for many years with colleague Jon Clements, extension educator in tree fruit at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their work has been jointly recognized by the International Tree Fruit Association. Read more on their work here.
Spring Gardening: “Going Green” Can Also Apply to Your Lawn
It’s Spring and time to bring out the chemicals to maintain that fine green lawn, right? Not necessarily! It’s possible to have that lush green lawn without all the chemicals. To achieve that, it requires a different set of tools, mainly a new understanding of the landscape as a whole living system. The organic lawn […]
Rutgers Gardens Wins Environmental Stewardship Award From Turfgrass Industry
The Rutgers Gardens, a self-sustaining botanical garden on the New Brunswick campus, has won the 2012 New Jersey Turfgrass Association Environmental Stewardship Award, in recognition of its “ongoing environmental preservation and conservation commitments through the act of education.” The association, whose mission is to promote the turfgrass industry in the state, honors “a person or […]
Reducing Impact on Our Waters
New Jersey’s Fertilizer Law Initiated by local environmentalists, a series of new legislation was proposed in 2010 to protect Barnegat Bay in Ocean County. Among the legislative proposals was a bill that would place restrictions on fertilizer products and application designed to reduce nitrogen from damaging New Jersey’s coastal waterways, and phosphorus from damaging fresh […]
Tips from Rutgers Home Gardeners School
The annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School, which is sponsored by the NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education, was held in March this year. It’s a packed day of instruction and demonstrations for both new and experienced gardeners. In this video, a few instructors give tips on starting a garden.
Assumption students learn by doing oyster restoration
"It’s gooey and slimy," said Courtney Reed, 13, a seventh-grader at Assumption Regional Catholic School, as she stood beside a lab table and peered over a dissected Eastern oyster with her classmates. For the first time, the Galloway Township s…
Shellfish industry slow to recover from Sandy
Lightly crusted with barnacles, Matt Gregg’s oyster floats are barely visible as they bob in the waters of northern Barnegat Bay. Gregg snagged one, hauled it into his boat and shook out his livestock: thumb-size oysters, his life’s work these last thr…
Rutgers Food Innovation Center Holds Marketing and Communications Seminar for Food Entrepreneurs
On April 24 and 25, successful communicators and business leaders partner with Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC) – South staff to present a two-day seminar on the basics of marketing and communications for food business owners. Scheduled to be held at FIC in Bridgeton, NJ, the seminar will feature topics like pitching products to retailers, […]
Antarctica: Beyond the Ice Trailer
RU Center for Digital Filmaking follows IMCS researchers on their journey to document changes in sea life in Antarctica.
NJ Epsilon Sigma Phi Announces 2013 Extension Awards
In February, the New Jersey Chapter of the Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) honorary fraternity for cooperative extension agents announced its 2013 awards, recognizing over a dozen Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) faculty and staff. All 2013 State Epsilon Sigma Phi award winners automatically qualify as nominees for the regional and national ESP awards, which are presented […]
