In January 2013, the Camden SMART Initiative received the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for its efforts to promote sustainability and the use of green infrastructure to reduce flooding and combined sewer overflows in the City of Camden. The Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program is a founding member of the initiative and, for the […]
Middlesex County students help seniors in growing initiative
Starting with seedlings and small plants, residents with AristaCare at Cedar Oaks have spent the past three months watching the "Growing One Seed at a Time" take root in their residence. As part of activities to mark National Horticultural Ther…
Rutgers’ EARTH center in the ‘Spotlight’
County Freeholders are in their 20th year taking turns in the spotlight as the "Spotlight on Middlesex County" cable television show has been presenting topics since 1994, according to the Director of Administration at the Middlesex County Impr…
Studies Find Wild Pollinators are as Effective as Domesticated Honeybees
The domesticated honeybee has long been recognized as the workhorse of crop pollination but two recent studies turn that assumption on its head, revealing that wild pollinators are as effective as, and at times, more efficient than honeybees. Professor Rachael Winfree, from the department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, was involved in both studies. […]
Applications still being accepted for free rain gardens in Rahway
If you own a home in Rahway, you may be eligible to have a free rain garden planned and installed on your property by experts from Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County and the Water Resources Program. The offer applies only to properties that …
New Jersey Gardens: Rutgers Cooperative Extension has help to start tomatoes from seed or seedlings
Right now, while there’s still slushy snow on the ground in some parts of the state, it’s time to think of tomatoes…Last year, seeds sold out early for the popular Ramapo tomato, but this year’s Ramapo seed supply is larger. This time, Moreton seeds …
Program reveals new advancements at Rutgers’ EARTH Center
For a half hour, representatives from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension EARTH Center shared recent and trending research and programs with the public, including the need for lead testing in urban gardens, the benefits of bio-energy crops and the econom…
New Jersey Businesses with Rutgers Ties Win “Local Hero” Awards
Two New Jersey companies, whose commercial start got a boost from Rutgers NJAES, were among the winners of Edible Jersey magazine’s 2013 Local Hero awards. First Field, a company that sells ketchup made from local tomatoes, was recognized as the Local Hero Food Artisan. First Field is among the New Jersey businesses to be incubated […]
Shell Fisheries Council sets seasons dates, talks quotas at March meeting
The New Jersey Shell Fisheries Council, Delaware Bay Section, convened for its monthly meeting on March 5, to discuss the state of oyster beds along the bay, and review the recommendations of scientists from the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Laboratory in B…
Rutgers Cooperative Extension to host Seafood at its Best series in Westfield
Union County residents are invited to take part in "Seafood at its Best," a two-part series on seafood selection and preparation, and the benefits of consuming fish. The series, sponsored by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County wit…
