The first class of farmers in the Rutgers Beginner Farmer Training Program (RU Ready to Farm), which was launched in 2021 with a USDA-NIFA grant, reached an exciting milestone this summer when participants began harvesting and distributing weekly consumer supported agriculture (CSA) farm shares to customers. CSA supports New Jersey farmers and provides customers with […]
‘I’ve never experienced this’: NJ landscaping companies face rising costs, labor shortage
After working in the landscaping industry for 40 years, Richard Goldstein never imagined he would face a labor shortage and such high cost of fuel caused by inflation like his current situation… Robin Brumfield, extension specialist in farm managemen…
Celebrating National Blueberry Month
Cesar Rodriguez-Saon, Peter Oudemans, William Sciarappa – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
The Secrets Behind the Deliciousness of NJ Summer Tomatoes
Peter J. Nitzsche – Rutgers’ Clifford E. & Melda C. Snyder Research and Extension Farm
US food prices rise: Farmers are not reaping the benefit
Richard Vanvranken – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Rutgers Wants To See Photos Of Your Ticks For Research: Report
Dina Fonseca – Center for Vector Biology
JC NERR, Rutgers partners developing resilience checklist for N.J.’s commercial fisheries
Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
30 Foods You Should Never Eat Past the Expiration Date
Don Schaffner – Department of Food Science, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
DEP awards $1.5 million for water quality projects in Hudson County
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
News from around our 50 states
Brooke Maslo – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
