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By Paul Gottlieb, professor, Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics You have probably seen one of those Prudential commercials where a group of adults are told – probably through an oversized graphical game of some sort – that they haven’t been saving enough for retirement. They haven’t even been thinking enough about retirement. The […]
Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
SEBS Faculty Among Top 50 Rutgers Experts in the News
Media turn to Rutgers experts for insights on current issues, research and trends Rutgers faculty share their knowledge and commitment to academic excellence many ways – through teaching, research, mentorship and service beyond the university community. In addition to scholarly talks and publishing in prestigious journals, many also share their expertise through the news media, […]
Agribusiness Scholars Program One-Year In: Making the Best Better
After retiring from a highly successful career in commodities finance, Ira Polk could not rest on his laurels. In fact, he was compelled to do the opposite, and that meant investing in the cultivation of a new generation of business leaders. As a director of the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation (CCCF), Polk and his like-minded […]
Preventing the Impact of Harmful Algal Blooms on Florida’s Shellfish Harvesting Areas through Agricultural and Public Education
By Alexandra Kelly ABSTRACT Harmful algal blooms along the Gulf Coast of Florida have been increasing in size, duration, and frequency. They are caused by an influx of nutrients into the ecosystem which stimulated the growth of the organism Karenia brevis. The blooms use up the oxygen in the water, killing the majority of marine […]
Provisioning Garden is the Newest Living Laboratory on the Cook Campus
Students returning to the George H. Cook Campus this fall were greeted with a new garden installed at the Cook Office Building (COB) across from the popular Skelly Field on Dudley Road. The Provisioning Garden showcases plants that contribute provisioning services to assist humans and wildlife in some way—as food, fuel, fiber, medicine, and habitat. […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact and Options for Extension Professionals
By Barbara O’Neill, Distinguished Professor and Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management Reprinted from Journal of Extension, February 2019, Vol. 57, No. 1 A major event affecting personal financial planning today is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that was signed into law in December 2017. Thus, a new “tool of the trade” for […]
Rutgers Students and Staff Attend 2018 National FFA Convention
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) students and staff attended the 91st National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis, October 24-27. Every year, FFA members nationwide converge to celebrate their accomplishments and find inspiration for their next steps. The event involved an exciting amount of motivational keynote speakers, energetic concerts, fulfilling workshops and […]
The Journey Begins: Inaugural Class Meeting of Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars
The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation (CCCF) Agribusiness Scholars program provides selected students matriculating at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Science with the applied knowledge, leadership qualities, analytical skills and experiences required for successful careers in the domestic and global agribusiness sector. Instituted in the spring of 2017 from a $1 million endowment from […]
Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors Bestows Award of Excellence on NJAES Team
The Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors gave its 2018 Award for Excellence in Multistate Research to the technical committee of NE1335 for the project, “Resource Management in Commercial Greenhouse Production,” a USDA-funded research initiative that focuses on supporting commercial plant production in controlled environments such as greenhouses, high tunnels and indoor […]
Empowering Small-Scale Local Entrepreneurs in Nicaragua
EDITOR’S NOTE: Robin Brumfield, Rutgers specialist in farm management and professor in the Department of Agricultural and Food Resource Economics, writes about her experience in Nicaragua as part of a two-week training program for local residents. In April, I found myself telling indigenous women of the Pinos Fabrettinos Cooperative in San Jose de Cusmapa, […]
