2007 Rutgers NJAES Annual Report
2007 Annual ReportJersey Roots, Global Reach
NJAESMission StatementTo enhance the vitality, health, sustainability, and overall quality of life in New Jersey bydeveloping and delivering practical, effective solutions to current and futurechallenges relating to agriculture; fisheries; food; natural resources; environments;public health; and economic, community, and youth development.LeadershipRobert M. GoodmanKaryn MalinowskiExecutive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources;Executive Director of NJAES; Executive Dean of theSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences732-932-9000, ext. 500execdean@aesop.rutgers.eduAssociate Director, NJAES;Director of Cooperative Extension732-932-5000, ext. 591malinowski@aesop.rutgers.eduLeads NJAES, Rutgers’ largest research unit and home toCooperative Extension and Cooperative Research, as wellas the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences.Gail AlexanderSenior Executive Associate732-932-9000, ext. 501alexander@aesop.rutgers.eduResponsible for the daily management of the Office of theExecutive Dean and the creation and oversight of annualadvocacy efforts.Arthur R. Brown, Jr.Oversees all NJAES Cooperative Extension programs.Bradley I. HillmanSenior Associate Director, NJAES;Director of Cooperative Research732-932-9000, ext. 505hillman@aesop.rutgers.eduOversees all NJAES Cooperative Research programs.Edward V. Lipman, Jr.Associate Director, NJAES;Director of Office of Continuing Professional r Associate Dean for Agriculture andNatural Resources732-932-9000, ext. 502brown@aesop.rutgers.eduOversees courses that serve the continuing education needs ofprofessionals throughout New Jersey.Responsible for legislative affairs associated with the schooland the NJAES.Associate Director, NJAES;Director of Farm Programs732-932-5000, ext. 610rabin@aesop.rutgers.eduMark G. RobsonJack RabinDirector, NJAES732-932-9000, ext. 506robson@aesop.rutgers.eduOversees the operation and maintenance of all outlyingresearch farms.Leads all NJAES Cooperative Extension and CooperativeResearch programs.Margaret F. BrennanAssociate Director, NJAES;Director of Economic Growth and Development732-932-1000, ext. 569brennan@aesop.rutgers.eduLeads NJAES’ economic development initiatives.88 Lipman Drive, Martin Hall New Brunswick New Jersey 08901-8525njaes.rutgers.edu
A Message from the University PresidentThrough its nine off-campus research and extension centers and offices in all 21 counties,the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) provides our state’s residents witha direct link to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.During the past year, Rutgers has launched a special effort to clarify its mission and valueto the public, policymakers, and members of the university community. Among theuniversity’s best statewide ambassadors are NJAES faculty and staff and the diverse rangeof research, outreach, and educational programs they offer to improve and enrich NewJerseyans’ lives.Rutgers remains keenly focused on encouraging and supporting economic developmentthroughout the Garden State, an area in which NJAES is already highly active. You seethis in successes such as the Office of Continuing Professional Education’s workforcetraining programs, the Food Innovation Center’s business incubation and economicdevelopment accelerator program, and the Food Policy Institute’s industry and policyanalysis reports. In these ways and many more, NJAES is helping our state and its residentsto achieve their full potential.Sincerely yours,Richard L. McCormickPresidentRutgers, The State University of New JerseyA Message from the Executive Director of theNew Jersey Agricultural Experiment StationUnder the leadership of Director Mark Robson and others, the past year has been onein which the NJAES has introduced a number of improvements in its organization andfocus. For instance, we have reorganized our work along program lines that better representthe issues of importance to New Jersey residents—specifically, production agriculture,horticulture, and allied industries; public health; saltwater fisheries and aquaculture;economic and community development; food and nutrition; youth development; andenvironmental and natural resources.We have also reinforced our commitment to these areas by pursuing new projects. In thearea of public health, we have created a Center for Vector Biology to provide research oninsects and the diseases they carry. In support of production agriculture and horticulture,we have stepped up our ornamental and tree fruit breeding research. New research on fishbiology, stocks, and migration are helping our state’s fisheries and aquaculture industries.All this is in addition to our continued excellence in existing programs, such as equinescience, turfgrass research, and 4-H youth development.Together with New Jersey state government, County Boards of Chosen Freeholders, and theU.S. Department of Agriculture, NJAES is doing its part to make New Jersey a great place tolive and work.Best regards,Robert M. GoodmanExecutive DirectorNew Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
New Jersey Agricultural ExperimentJanuaryFebruaryRutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station(NJAES) and the New Jersey Department of Laborand Workforce Development announce customizedtraining for New Jersey’s agricultural sector. The program is a component of the New Jersey Department ofAgriculture’s “Agricultural Development Initiative.”It is delivered via specialized courses for agribusinessowners, managers, and workers at regional locationsaround the state. The training, delivered by theRutgers NJAES Office of Continuing ProfessionalEducation, includes courses on improving efficiencyof equipment, people, and production processes.Business courses will focus on cost-benefit and riskreturn decision making.Rutgers’ Water Resources Program completes threeregional stormwater management plans affectingmore than 20 municipalities in four counties. Eachplan contains measures to reduce flooding, decreasepollution, and promote groundwater recharge. Onesuch plan, which involved working with nine municipalities, two counties, and several nongovernmentalorganizations, identified and addressed impairmentsin the Robinson’s Branch Watershed, a tributary tothe Rahway River. Similar efforts are being completedin the Troy Brook Watershed in Morris County andthe Pompeston Creek Watershed in Burlington County.Visit: ocpe.rutgers.eduVisit: water.rutgers.eduA Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Research team assessesbiomass energy potential in New Jersey. They developa unique calculator to quantify biomass availablenow and by 2020. It is estimated that approximately65 percent of New Jersey’s biomass could ultimatelybe converted to energy. In another bioenergy project,Stacy A. Bonos breeds switchgrass, a biomass sourcethat is two to three times more efficient at producingethanol than corn. Her work will ensure that farmersin New Jersey will have high-quality varieties ofgrasses to supply local demand.Seventy-three Master Gardeners volunteer at theRutgers display during the 2007 New Jersey Flowerand Garden Show, which draws approximately 10,000people. The show features landscapes depictingthemes from books and movies. The Rutgers Gardensdisplay features Mr. McGregor’s garden from TheTale of Peter Rabbit and was designed and builtby students of the School of Environmental andBiological Sciences. Cooperative Extension also hostsseveral seminars on topics such as turf, orchids,invasive plants, deer in the garden, gardening forchildren, and heirloom plants.Visit: njaes.rutgers.edu/bioenergyVisit: 2
StationA Year in ReviewMarchAprilThe Small Steps to Health and Wealth (SSHW)program is introduced statewide. The programencourages gradual changes that can be appliedto both financial planning practices and healthbehavior. Barbara M. O’Neill, extension specialist,and Karen M. Ensle, Rutgers Cooperative Extensionfamily and community health sciences educator inUnion County, co-author a SSHW workbook thatencourages readers to work on health and financialbehavior changes together to improve both aspects oflife. The book is available from the Natural Resource,Agriculture, and Engineering Service (nraes.org).The Rutgers NJAES Food Innovation Center, aneconomic development program and businessincubator, based in Bridgeton, is named “Incubator ofthe Year” in the services and manufacturing categoryby the National Business Incubation Association(NBIA). The center offers business and technicalexpertise to farmers, agricultural cooperatives, smalland mid-sized food companies, and retail and foodservice operations that promote locally sourced foodproducts. The criteria for the NBIA award includeservices offered, program results, success stories,and financial sustainability. The NBIA estimates thatabout 5,000 business incubators exist worldwide.Visit: njaes.rutgers.edu/sshwVisit: foodinnovation.rutgers.eduStudents of the Rutgers NJAES Office of ContinuingProfessional Education’s Home Gardener’s Schoolreceive instruction in the most innovative gardeningand landscaping subjects available. Each spring andfall, the school offers a wide variety of classes to over1,000 home gardeners in four different sessions.Lectures are provided by speakers from the Officeof Continuing Professional Education’s commercialhorticulture and landscape design programs and byfaculty and staff from Rutgers NJAES and the Schoolof Environmental and Biological Sciences.“Horses 2007,” hosted by Rutgers NJAES EquineScience Center and held on the George H. CookCampus, creates a learning event for more than 800members of the equine community from throughoutthe Mid-Atlantic region. Later in the year, the centerreleases a report showing that the New Jersey equineindustry, valued at more than 4 billion, generates 1.1 billion annually for the New Jersey economy. Thedata from the study raises awareness about the importance of the equine industry to New Jersey.Visit: ocpe.rutgers.eduVisit: esc.rutgers.eduJersey Roots, Global Reach3
New Jersey Agricultural ExperimentMayJuneCesar Rodriguez-Saona, extension specialist inblueberry and cranberry entomology, and DeanF. Polk, Rutgers Cooperative Extension IntegratedPest Management (IPM) agent, receive a grant fromInterregional Research Project-4, funded by theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S.Department of Agriculture, to study mating disruption of oriental beetles. This is one of many projectsof the NJAES’ entomology program, which developsand implements cost-effective, reduced-risk IPM practices for blueberries and cranberries. The extensioncomponent of the program delivers pest managementinformation to growers through on-farm demonstration trials, presentations, and extension publications.The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Departmentof Family and Community Health Sciences andthe New Jersey Foundation for Aging present aconference, ”The New Face of 60 in New Jersey.“People interested in enhancing communities anddeveloping programs for older persons attend themeeting. Attendees identify preventive health andwellness priorities, discover practical and creativemodels to address community issues, and exploreinnovative programs that will help New Jerseyresidents to age well.Visit: pemaruccicenter.rutgers.eduVisit: njaes.rutgers.edu/fchsOne hundred sixty people attend a goat meat seminarpresented by Rutgers NJAES and the New JerseyDepartment of Agriculture to learn how to profitablyraise goats for a growing New Jersey market. RobertC. Mickel and Stephen J. Komar, Rutgers CooperativeExtension agricultural and resource managementagents in Hunterdon and Sussex Counties, respectively, organize the seminar and continue tocollaborate on a research project that looks at ways tomarket goat meat directly to consumers, restaurants,and other high-end users.New Jersey 4-H Teen Council members Jordan L. Raceand Eric P. Thiel travel to Moscow, Russia, to teach ata two-week linguistics camp as part of the 4-H TeenRussian/American International Leadership Program(T.R.A.I.L.). They introduce 100 Russian youth, agesseven through 16, to 4-H leadership skills, teambuilding, problem solving, conflict resolution, andprinciples. The 4-H T.R.A.I.L. program began in2003 as a youth/adult partnership through RutgersNJAES Cooperative Extension.Visit: njaes.rutgers.edu/extensionVisit: nj4h.rutgers.edunjaes.rutgers.edu4
StationA Year in ReviewJulyAugustRutgers NJAES announces a web portal to serveSpanish-speaking residents. The portal offers links toSpanish-language information on outreach pro-grams,taking care of infants, commercial agriculture, andgeneral health and nutrition, as well as links to otherwebsites that offer Spanish-language material. Thisportal will grow as the experiment station works totranslate more of its programs, publications, andother materials into Spanish.Rutgers NJAES supports the state’s shellfish andaquaculture industries. The Haskin Shellfish ResearchLaboratory gathers data from oyster seed beds inthe Delaware Bay so that policymakers can makescience-based recommendations to prevent overfishing. Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s BarnegatBay Shellfish Restoration Program works withvolunteers to educate the public about their rolein improving water quality by growing shellfishin Barnegat Bay. Gef Flimlin, Rutgers CooperativeExtension marine agent in Ocean County, hasworked extensively on the restoration programand also leads aquaculture research at the RutgersNJAES EcoComplex.Visit: njaes.rutgers.edu/espanolVisit: ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu/marineRutgers NJAES Transitional Education and Employment Management Gateway Support Center, a juvenilementoring and support organization, is presentedwith a check for 50,000 from the Nicholson Foundation. The monies will fund grassroots programsin Newark that help juvenile ex-offenders to rejoinsociety and rebuild their lives. The Juvenile Mentoringand Support Services Initiative provides programs ona wide range of topics, including video production,life skills training, academics, and mentoring.Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Research-funded scientists are sequencing microbial genomes forapplications that will be beneficial to society. JoanW. Bennett studies the genetics of potentially lifethreatening mycotoxins; Donald Y. Kobayashi isworking with Lysobacter enzymogenes, a biocontrolagent that produces antifungal compounds; Dina M.Fonseca is developing nuclear molecular markers toexamine the expansion of the Asian tiger mosquitoin New Jersey; and Max M. Haggblom and ElisabettaBini are working on the bacterium Selenospirillumindicus, which will lead to processes that removeselenium from polluted soils.Visit: teemgateway.rutgers.eduVisit: njaes.rutgers.edu/researchJersey Roots, Global Reach5
New Jersey Agricultural ExperimentSeptemberOctoberThe Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program(FSNEP) launches Calcium: Select to Protect, acampaign to promote higher calcium intakesamong children. The campaign features materialsthat outline the “whys” and “hows” of providingcalcium-rich diets in children. The program kickoff included FSNEP-hosted health fairs at ShopRitesupermarkets and material distribution in FoodStamp offices throughout the state. FSNEP servesmore than 40,000 people statewide and is fundedby the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food andNutrition Service.The Rutgers NJAES Food Policy Institute (FPI)releases a study that shows agritourism generated 57.5 million for the state’s farmers last year. Inaddition to revenues for farmers, the study’s authorsfound that agritourism created an additional 33.3million in revenue in non-farm businesses in 2006.That, together with on-farm revenue, brought therevenue impact of agritourism in New Jersey toalmost 91 million last year. This study followsa report released in October 2006 that foundagritourism to be critical to ensuring the current andfuture viability of agriculture in New Jersey.Visit: fsnep.rutgers.eduVisit: foodpolicyinstitute.rutgers.eduThe Rutgers NJAES Food Innovation Center iselected as the winner of the USDA-CSREES Partnership Award for Innovative Program Models forcombining “resources and disciplines in newways and for developing an unusual response to acommon problem.” Earlier this year, the center’smodel for innovation and knowledge transfer,which encourages regional economic developmentand entrepreneurship, was used as part of the modelfor the new Rutgers Center for Innovation Studies.The Center for Innovation Studies recently received 50,000 through the Rutgers Academic ExcellenceFund Awards.The Rutgers NJAES Center for Vector Biology holdsa summit to provide a forum for input from morethan 100 state, county, and university practitioners,biologists, and health professionals regarding itsresearch and outreach priorities. The long-termgoals of the center include reinvigorating oldpartnerships, collaborating with other universities,and moving into the international arena. Followingthe summit, Randy R. Gaugler, the center director,gives the inaugural lecture in a distinguishedlecture series sponsored by the Office of the Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources.Visit: foodinnovation.rutgers.eduVisit: vectorbio.rutgers.edunjaes.rutgers.edu6
StationA Year in ReviewNovemberDecemberThe Rutgers Cooperative Extension Departmentsof Family and Community Health Sciences and4-H Youth Development launch a comprehensivewebsite for the statewide campaign, Get Moving–GetHealthy New Jersey. The site is designed to help NewJersey residents take action to improve their health.Eating family meals together is one research-basedstrategy suggested by the program. The program alsoencourages more physical activity as an effective wayto reduce child and adult obesity. The “Walk NewJersey Point-to-Point Challenge” encourages families,youth, and individuals to walk 300 miles over thecourse of six weeks.A poll of more than 1,000 ethnic households on theEast Coast identifies the favorite vegetables of thosesurveyed. The top choices are then test-grown inNew Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida to see whichcrops fare best in those climates. Market data are nowavailable, and growing instructions for farmers willbe released in spring 2008 to help growers succeedwith these new crops. The project was funded by theU.S. Department of Agriculture–Cooperative StateResarch, Education, and Extension Service under theNational Research Initiative, “Agricultural Prosperityfor Small and Medium-Sized Farms.”Visit: getmovinggethealthynj.rutgers.eduVisit: njaes.rutgers.edu/researchKenneth H. McKeever of the Department ofAnimal Sciences and the Rutgers NJAES EquineScience Center studies the effects of food extractson equine physiology, showing that some suppressinflammation. These results can be applied tosoldiers who rely on ibuprofen during combat todecrease inflammation. The project, funded by theU.S. Department of Defense, is a multidepartmentalresearch collaboration. McKeever is the principalinvestigator and William C. Franke of the Centerfor Advanced Food Technology is the managingprincipal investigator.As part of a national initiative, Rutgers NJAES 4-HYouth Development leads New Jersey Operation:Military Kids, a team partnership with the U.S.Army, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a varietyof community organizations. In 2007, more than600 youth from military families participated inprograms designed to encourage and support themduring deployment. Among the programs offeredto participants are a speaker’s bureau where youthare given the opportunity to speak out about havinga loved one deployed and a mobile technology labthat helps military kids to stay connected to theirdeployed family members.Visit: njaes.rutgers.edu/researchVisit: operationmilitarykids.orgJersey Roots, Global Reach7
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