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Good morning! I extend my congratulations and warmest best wishes to our graduates. I also want to express my thanks to friends and family who have supported your student scholars through their careers and life-building experiences here at Rutgers New Brunswick and its School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. All of you have reached a […]
Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
A Celebration of Excellence 2018
On April 23, faculty, staff and students attended the 25th annual Celebration of Excellence for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station held at Neilson Dining Hall. According to executive dean Bob Goodman, this signature event acknowledges contributions that meet carefully-considered criteria, including creativity, original work and ideas, […]
Rutgers Agribusiness Scholars Program Grows through Matching Donation Challenge from Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation
With the graying of New Jersey’s and the nation’s farmers, many are posing the question – who will be the next generation of growers? Beyond that lies a diverse structure of agricultural-affiliated industries that face a similar conundrum. A recent National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Purdue University study projects that, in the coming years, there […]
Four SEBS Alumni. Four New Jersey Wineries. One Common Goal
To draw attention to high-quality Jersey wines and elevate the state’s stature to rival those of East Coast wine destinations like the Finger Lakes. Here’s how these young alumni are transforming New Jersey’s reputation one bottle at a time. New Jersey wines haven’t always enjoyed the best standing in the wine industry. In fact, if […]
‘Growing Roselle,’ the Ninth Class in the NJAES Ultra-Niche Crops Series
New Jersey growers will get a chance to see whether they’d like to farm roselle –a plant of the hibiscus family whose leaf is commonly used among some ethnic populations for food preparations similar to spinach. The calyx and flower are used in a variety of ways, including making of tea, jam, jelly, juice, wine, […]
In Memoriam: Daymon Thatch, Alum and Former Chair for Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics
Daymon W. Thatch, 81 of Manasquan passed away December 16, 2017 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick with his wife Elizabeth at his side. Born in Chicago, Daymon was raised in Highland Park, NJ, and during his life resided in College Park, Md., Piscataway, NJ and since 2001, in Manasquan, NJ. He received his undergraduate and […]
Rutgers ‘Ultra-Niche’ Crops Team Wins ASHS Extension Education Materials Outstanding Video Award
The Rutgers Ultra-Niche Crops team proudly accepted the 2017 Extension Education Materials Outstanding Video Award for their “Winter Lettuce” production from the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS). The team included Robin Brumfield, Jenny Carleo, Hemant Gohil, Ramu Govindasamy, Jeff Heckman, Jennifer Matthews, Meredith Melendez, Jess Niederer, Peter Nitzsche, Nicholas Polanin, C. Andrew Wyenandt, […]
Agribusiness Training for the Next Generation
This spring, The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation endowed $1 million to develop a new agribusiness scholars program at Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. In addition, the Foundation recently announced a challenge grant matching all donations up to an additional $250,000. Named the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars Program, it will equip high […]
Delegation from Yunnan Agricultural University Visits SEBS
A delegation from Yunnan Agricultural University visited the Cook campus on July 10, hosted by Rutgers Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs and SEBS International Programs. Associate professor Xenia Morin, program director of SEBS Agriculture and Food Systems major, led the delegation on a tour of the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and […]
Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Announces $1,000,000 Gift to Establish an Agribusiness Scholars Program
Dean Robert M. Goodman announced the establishment of a $1 million endowment from The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, to support the development of a new agribusiness scholars program at the School. Named The Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Agribusiness Scholars Program, the gift will enable the school to […]
