While many students follow a direct path to college, for others the route is more circuitous. For Ameen Lotfi (SEBS 2020), however, it was more of a journey. The son of immigrants–his father is Egyptian and mother is Algerian–Lotfi grew up in Freehold, NJ and recently moved to Lumberton in Burlington County. After receiving his […]
A Plant Breeding Breakthrough: Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
Jim Simon, Department of Plant Biology
Andy Wyenandt, Department of Plant Biology
New Jersey Farmers Adapt with Innovative Marketing Strategies to the Challenges of COVID-19
New Jersey farmers are among the most innovative and most productive farmers in the nation. Farming in the country’s most densely populated state in the U.S. comes with many challenges. It also comes with marketing opportunities with approximately nine million residents in the Garden State. The buy-local movement is not something new to New Jersey. […]
In Memoriam: John L. Gerwig, Longest Serving Director (1962-1992) of Rutgers Cooperative Extension
John Lester Gerwig, 92, of Whispering Pines, NC died on April 24, 2020 at home. Gerwig was born in Chapel, West Virginia to the late Jay C. Gerwig and Pearl Perkins Gerwig. He earned a B.S. Degree in Agronomy and a M.S. in Soils from West Virginia University and his Ph.D. in Agronomy from Rutgers […]
RU ready 2 garden series
Bill Hlubik – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
EPC hosts Leadership Program food safety webinar April 29
Wes Kline, Meredith Melendez and Jennifer Matthews fr- om Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Family and Community Health Sciences Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Interest in home food preservation – canning, freezing, and dehydrating– has increased in recent years as more people plant home gardens, participate in CSA’s or buy produce from local farm markets. Many consumers have never preserved food at home and others may be using outdated or unsafe recipes and procedures found on the internet. Although […]
Master Food Preserver Training Program Goes Online
Daryl Minch; Alexandra Grenci; Sherri Cirignano – Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Despite pandemic, don’t delay medical care for yourself or your pet for non-COVID-19 illnesses
Dina Fonseca – Department of Entomology; Center for Vector Biology
Obituary for John Lester Gerwig of Whispering Pines
John Lester Gerwig – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
