Nick Polanin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County agricultural agent, gives advice on tree care and removal after Hurricane Sandy. Read the article at The Daily Record.
Rutgers Class Helps Grow Better Pumpkins
The 2013 edition of the Mid-Atlantic Pumpkin School will meet at the Burlington County RCE office on Jan. 18.
4-H Clubs are alive and well in West Milford and throughout Passaic County
It would be easy to imagine that in this high-tech, urbanized culture, the last thing teenagers would be interested in is raising farm animals and learning to grow plants. Spend a few minutes talking to Celeste Hampton, a 4-H Club leader in Passaic Cou…
With nor’easter approaching, N.J. more vulnerable to storms thanks to Sandy’s destruction
In any given winter, New Jersey shrugs off nor’easters and other storm systems by the dozen. Life goes on. The state keeps moving. But the new reality after Superstorm Sandy flattened the coastline is far different…"We don’t have any coastal defe…
Crabapples, berries and all kinds of fall fruit
Yew, winterberry, crabapple, and chokeberry have one thing in common at this time of year. They all bear fruit. Most of it is vivid red, but a few woody plants have dark blue, almost black, fruit…Everyone knows the American holly has the most notable…
South Jersey’s cranberry industry unlikely to return to glory days
Forests in Belleplain used to be bustling this time of year with hundreds of workers picking cranberries and hundreds more crushing and canning the fruit in nearby factories…"Farmers are starting to see this disease, which had been gone for 100 y…
Wildlife Expert Receives USDA Grant to Study Bats and Bugs
Brooke Maslo, wildlife expert and assistant professor in the Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources was awarded a $34,501 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant to study how bats might help farmers combat the brown marmorated stink bug and other agricultural pests. Using DNA analysis of insect fragments in bat guano, […]
PBS Interviews Dena Seidel on “Generation at Risk” Video on Childhood Obesity
Dena Seidel, director of Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking, talks with Steve Adubato about the work the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and collaborators are doing to combat childhood obesity in New Jersey. The Center produced a documentary highlighting this problem, called “Generation at Risk”.
N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Four Rutgers Faculty Members
Elwin Orton inducted into Hall of Hame and credited with saving the U.S. dogwood industry.
Rutgers Energy Institute Presents Seventh Annual Symposium
The Rutgers Energy Institute (REI) Annual Symposium, which was held on May 2, hosted keynote speakers from academia and industry to address topics related to energy science, engineering, economics, and policy. The 2012 Energy Symposium provided faculty, students, staff, government officials, and community members with the opportunity to learn about the new methods, processes, and […]
