Daniel Munoz, NorthJersey.com Bruce Crawford has managed gardens for more than 20 years — 18 of them at Rutgers University, where he oversaw its 160-acre garden with more than 60 designed acres of beds, tree and shrub collection, lawns and paths. The guy knows plants. Some specimens seen more often in colder climates — like […]
April 2, 2025 by Office of Public Outreach and Communication Ramu Govindasamy in 2017 inspecting production trial plots during a marketing training session for smallholder farmers in Zambia. Courtesy of Ramu Govindasamy. By Ramu Govindasamy, professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Prof. Ramu Govindasamy. The recent announcement of sweeping new […]
Your next drink could cost a whole lot more. The Trump administration announced unilateral tariffs on imports from almost every country and additional taxes on those from about 60. Matt Cortina, NorthJersey.com Published April 7, 2025 topher Barnes runs a small wine shop, Grape Collective, in Montclair. He also runs a small online magazine of the […]
Original Story: March 31, 2025 by Office of Public Outreach and Communication Rutgers scientists Dena Seidel (second from left), Ramu Govindasamy (second from right) and James Simon (at right) are pictured with Governor Stevenson Joseph (third from right) and Pohnpei officials for the release of the Pohnpei State Food Security Policy in February 2025. The expansive Pacific […]
In “Food, Nutrition, and Health,” Yanhong Jin encourages students to develop studies and gather data. Some have had their work published. Author: Mike Lucas, mike.lucas@rutgers.edu Original Story: In This Class, the Professor Taps Undergrads to Conduct Research | Rutgers University Rutgers University-New Brunswick undergraduate students in Yanhong Jin’s elective class, “Food, Nutrition, and Health,” find […]
Innovative Agricultural Technologies and the Private Sector for a Hunger – Free World Date of Seminar: August 1, 2024 Location: New Delhi, India A conference was organized to honor DAFRE’s Dr. Carl Pray by Chandra Nuthalapati and Prabhu Pingali from Cornell University. It was a truly international conference with scholars representing most of the regions […]
