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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 […]
Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics
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, […]
2018 SEBS Convocation Remarks by Executive Dean Bob Goodman
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 […]
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 […]
