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![[June is the Month of the Horse in New Jersey]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/skeleton-DSCN5573.jpg "[June is the Month of the Horse in New Jersey]")
June is the Month of the Horse in New Jersey
Launch Date: 6/10/2013
![[Jersey Strawberries – The Breed Goes On]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Nitzschestrawberrycloseup2.jpg "[Jersey Strawberries – The Breed Goes On]")
Jersey Strawberries – The Breed Goes On
New varieties are on the horizon for Jersey farmers and gardeners.
Launch Date: 6/6/2013
![[An Orchard Grows in New Brunswick]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/DSC08182.jpg "[An Orchard Grows in New Brunswick]")
![[Two More Tools for Your Garden]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/stl-pdliStock_000005185384XLarge.jpg "[Two More Tools for Your Garden]")
Two More Tools for Your Garden
Our Plant Diagnostic and Soil Testing Labs are here to help.
Launch Date: 5/13/2013
![[The Ultimate Plant Sale]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/rutgersgardens-SFF.jpg "[The Ultimate Plant Sale]")
The Ultimate Plant Sale
The Rutgers Gardens Spring Flower Fair is held May 10-12.
Launch Date: 5/1/2013
![[RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/IFL-Leslie-Linfield-and-Barb-O'Neill-04-13.jpg "[RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education]")
RCE Program Wins National Award for Financial Literacy Education
Launch Date: 4/29/2013
![[Scarlet Anniversary]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/ir4-50.jpg "[Scarlet Anniversary]")
Scarlet Anniversary
The federally funded IR-4 Project celebrates 50 years at Rutgers
Launch Date: 4/25/2013
![['Going Green' can also apply to your lawn]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/organic-lawn-care-580x434.jpg "['Going Green' can also apply to your lawn]")
'Going Green' can also apply to your lawn
It's possible to have that lush green lawn without all the chemicals.
Launch Date: 4/12/2013
![[Studies Find Wild Bees and Insects Essential to Food Security]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Honeybee_Pollen_Flower_2.jpg "[Studies Find Wild Bees and Insects Essential to Food Security]")
Studies Find Wild Bees and Insects Essential to Food Security
Launch Date: 3/25/2013
![[Unwanted Visitors in Your Yard?]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/deerinyard2.jpg "[Unwanted Visitors in Your Yard?]")
Unwanted Visitors in Your Yard?
Learn which plants are the least attractive to deer
Launch Date: 3/25/2013
![[Beekeeping for Bee-ginners]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/beesdoit.jpg "[Beekeeping for Bee-ginners]")
Beekeeping for Bee-ginners
Office of Continuing Professional Education Offers Beekeeping Course.
Launch Date: 3/13/2013
![[Serving New Jersey Over the Last Year.]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2012-annualreport.jpg "[Serving New Jersey Over the Last Year.]")
![[Girl Scouts Investigate the Deep Sea in Ship to Shore Series]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/girlscout-shiptoshore.jpg "[Girl Scouts Investigate the Deep Sea in Ship to Shore Series]")
Girl Scouts Investigate the Deep Sea in Ship to Shore Series
Middle school girls learn scientific principles through hands-on lessons.
Launch Date: 2/11/2013
![[Greening Up the Landscape]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/organiclandcare-4P5100420.jpg "[Greening Up the Landscape]")
Greening Up the Landscape
New Jersey's First Organic Land Care Certification Course Launched.
Launch Date: 2/4/2013
![[Rutgers Professor Recognized for Revolutionizing Agriculture]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/messing.jpg "[Rutgers Professor Recognized for Revolutionizing Agriculture]")
Rutgers Professor Recognized for Revolutionizing Agriculture
Launch Date: 2/1/2013
![[Looking to Recapture that Jersey Tomato Taste?]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Ramapo-2007-09-13-17.jpg "[Looking to Recapture that Jersey Tomato Taste?]")
Looking to Recapture that Jersey Tomato Taste?
Rutgers NJAES offers seeds of three classic Jersey tomato varieties.
Launch Date: 1/17/2013
![[An Incredible Year of Weather: 2012 in Review]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/20121030SandySurvey113.jpg "[An Incredible Year of Weather: 2012 in Review]")
An Incredible Year of Weather: 2012 in Review
Launch Date: 1/4/2013
![[]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2012-happy-holidays.jpg "[]")
Launch Date: 12/20/2012
![[Finishing What He Started]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/skipdouglass-ocpe.jpg "[Finishing What He Started]")
Finishing What He Started
Cancer doesn't stop Golf Turf Management student. Read his story
Launch Date: 12/14/2012
![[Stay Connected with NJAES]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/newsroom-launch.jpg "[Stay Connected with NJAES]")
Stay Connected with NJAES
Launch Date: 12/4/2012
![[Patent Award Caps Seven Decades of Asparagus Breeding at Rutgers]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/asparagus-katona.jpg "[Patent Award Caps Seven Decades of Asparagus Breeding at Rutgers]")
Patent Award Caps Seven Decades of Asparagus Breeding at Rutgers
Find out why most commercial asparagus varieties have Jersey in their roots.
Launch Date: 12/4/2012
![[After Sandy, Be Aware That Not All Wood is Fit to Burn]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/firewood.jpg "[After Sandy, Be Aware That Not All Wood is Fit to Burn]")
After Sandy, Be Aware That Not All Wood is Fit to Burn
Nicholas Polanin, agricultural agent of Somerset County, gives advice on selecting firewood.
Launch Date: 12/4/2012
![[Hurricane Sandy]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Richard-Buerkle---RU-Telecom-Analyst.jpg "[Hurricane Sandy]")
Hurricane Sandy
Find out how we've helped and how we're being shaped by this extreme weather event.
Launch Date: 11/20/2012
![[Leave Tree Maintenance, Removal to Experts]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/PC12-Tree-Down-in-Front-of-Farm---Petticoat-Lane.jpg "[Leave Tree Maintenance, Removal to Experts]")
Leave Tree Maintenance, Removal to Experts
Launch Date: 11/19/2012
![[Hurricane and Flood Resources]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/iStock_000000242917_L3.jpg "[Hurricane and Flood Resources]")
![[Hurricane Survival Guide for New Jersey]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/582679main_Irene-GOES-LARGE-20110828.jpg "[Hurricane Survival Guide for New Jersey]")
Hurricane Survival Guide for New Jersey
Be prepared: read this PDF from the NJ Office of Emergency Management
Launch Date: 10/26/2012
![[Silicon: An Essential Plant Nutrient?]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/summer-2008-137.jpg "[Silicon: An Essential Plant Nutrient?]")
Silicon: An Essential Plant Nutrient?
Groundbreaking research demonstrates benefits on a variety of crops.
Launch Date: 10/24/2012
![[N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Four Rutgers Faculty Members]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Elwin-Orton.jpg "[N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Four Rutgers Faculty Members]")
N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame Honors Four Rutgers Faculty Members
Elwin Orton inducted into Hall of Hame and credited with saving the U.S. dogwood industry.
Launch Date: 10/19/2012
![[Cultivating Future Scientists]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/NR12_4HRobotics3846.jpg "[Cultivating Future Scientists]")
Cultivating Future Scientists
Launch Date: 10/15/2012
![[Rutgers Researchers Help State Take Aim at West Nile Virus]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Mosquito[iStock_000002916562].jpg "[Rutgers Researchers Help State Take Aim at West Nile Virus]")
Rutgers Researchers Help State Take Aim at West Nile Virus
Don't panic, experts say as reports of outbreak spread nationwide.
Launch Date: 8/28/2012
![[OCPE Turf School Alumni Give New Meaning to "Putting <em>Green</em>"]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Tom-Grigal-Rich-Evans-Quail-Brook-Golf-Course.jpg "[OCPE Turf School Alumni Give New Meaning to \"Putting <em>Green</em>\"]")
OCPE Turf School Alumni Give New Meaning to "Putting Green"
Read more about setting benchmarks for ecological stewardship.
Launch Date: 8/28/2012
![[Water Quality and Sustainability Grounded in Soil Health]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/soil-health.jpg "[Water Quality and Sustainability Grounded in Soil Health]")
Water Quality and Sustainability Grounded in Soil Health
NJAES role in statewide conference underscores importance of healthy soil.
Launch Date: 8/20/2012
![[It's Time for Rutgers' Annual Great Tomato Tasting!]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/tomato-tasting-2012.jpg "[It's Time for Rutgers' Annual Great Tomato Tasting!]")
It's Time for Rutgers' Annual Great Tomato Tasting!
In Pittstown, New Jersey on August 29, 2012 from 3 p.m. to dusk.
Launch Date: 8/16/2012
![[Youth Farmstands Feed Bodies and Minds]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/youthfarmstand-video-spotlight.jpg "[Youth Farmstands Feed Bodies and Minds]")
Youth Farmstands Feed Bodies and Minds
Launch Date: 7/30/2012
![[150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/morrill150.jpg "[150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act]")
150th Anniversary of the Land-Grant College Act
Launch Date: 7/2/2012
![[Take a Ride Over to the Fair!]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/4hfair2.jpg "[Take a Ride Over to the Fair!]")
Take a Ride Over to the Fair!
It's county fair season! Find your county's fair and plan a visit.
Launch Date: 7/1/2012
![[June is "Month of the Horse" in New Jersey]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/monthofthehorse-2012.jpg "[June is \"Month of the Horse\" in New Jersey]")
June is "Month of the Horse" in New Jersey
Launch Date: 6/7/2012
![[Feeding a Generation at Risk: The Garden State's Growing Challenge]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/generationatrisk-video-spotlight.jpg "[Feeding a Generation at Risk: The Garden State's Growing Challenge]")
Feeding a Generation at Risk: The Garden State's Growing Challenge
Launch Date: 5/8/2012
![[Rutgers Day 2012 Has Something for Everyone]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/Collegiate-4-H-RU-Day-2010.jpg "[Rutgers Day 2012 Has Something for Everyone]")
Rutgers Day 2012 Has Something for Everyone
See What Activities 4-H Has to Offer on Saturday, April 28
Launch Date: 4/25/2012
![[Sowing Seeds of Hope]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/rutgers-rotary.jpg "[Sowing Seeds of Hope]")
Sowing Seeds of Hope
Rotary International and Rutgers Launch Enabling Gardens Initiative
Launch Date: 4/6/2012
![[Test - Don't Guess]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/soiltest-video-spotlight.jpg "[Test - Don't Guess]")
![[Effort to Up Local Seafood Consumption Gains Steam]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/VikingVillage_Barnegat_01.jpg "[Effort to Up Local Seafood Consumption Gains Steam]")
Effort to Up Local Seafood Consumption Gains Steam
Gef Flimlin started a grassroots push to get residents asking for Jersey fish and shellfish
Launch Date: 3/12/2012
![[Training Librarians for Educating in Finances]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/ONeill3.jpg "[Training Librarians for Educating in Finances]")
Training Librarians for Educating in Finances
Two library systems receive expert advice from Rutgers NJAES
Launch Date: 3/1/2012
![[Program Nurtures Female Farmers]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/carleo-rabin-anniesproject.jpg "[Program Nurtures Female Farmers]")
Program Nurtures Female Farmers
Annie's Project Trains Women in Agricultural Matters
Launch Date: 2/16/2012
![[Why is the Winter Weather So Warm?]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/winter-weather-video.jpg "[Why is the Winter Weather So Warm?]")
Why is the Winter Weather So Warm?
Watch NJ State Climatologist Dave Robinson Explain
Launch Date: 2/2/2012
![[Dishing Out Healthy School Lunches]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/fic-school-lunch-video.jpg "[Dishing Out Healthy School Lunches]")
Dishing Out Healthy School Lunches
Launch Date: 1/25/2012
![[Look at What We've Been Up To]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2011-annualreport.jpg "[Look at What We've Been Up To]")
![[Invite Visitors to Your Farm]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/agritourism.jpg "[Invite Visitors to Your Farm]")
Invite Visitors to Your Farm
Attend a New Jersey Agritourism Conference and Learn How
Launch Date: 1/12/2012
![[Record Wet & Close to Record Warm]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2011-climate.jpg "[Record Wet & Close to Record Warm]")
![[]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2012-happy-newyear.jpg "[]")
Launch Date: 12/31/2011
![[]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/2011-happy-holiday.jpg "[]")
Launch Date: 12/21/2011
![[RCE Green Job Program for Veterans]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/essex-co-100_0303.jpg "[RCE Green Job Program for Veterans]")
RCE Green Job Program for Veterans
Essex County Partnership Honored with Governor's Environmental Excellence Award
Launch Date: 12/16/2011
![[Project PORTS: Making a Difference]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/ports2011.jpg "[Project PORTS: Making a Difference]")
![[Reading, Writing, and Radicchio]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/growhealthy.jpg "[Reading, Writing, and Radicchio]")
Reading, Writing, and Radicchio
New Jersey Students Learn How to "Grow Healthy"
Launch Date: 10/31/2011
![[Rutgers Students Help with Harvest for Needy]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/gleaning.jpg "[Rutgers Students Help with Harvest for Needy]")
Rutgers Students Help with Harvest for Needy
Launch Date: 10/27/2011
![[Rutgers Corn Maze Open for Exploring]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/corn-maze.jpg "[Rutgers Corn Maze Open for Exploring]")
Rutgers Corn Maze Open for Exploring
Video: Rutgers football corn maze at Von Thun Farms in Dayton, NJ.
Launch Date: 10/13/2011
![[Breeding Hazelnuts for Emerging Markets]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/hazelnut-molnar.jpg "[Breeding Hazelnuts for Emerging Markets]")
Breeding Hazelnuts for Emerging Markets
Prof. Tom Molnar continues groundbreaking research
Launch Date: 10/1/2011
![[Bringing the Farm to the City]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/-012RU-FARMMKT.jpg "[Bringing the Farm to the City]")
Bringing the Farm to the City
Community farm market brings fresh produce to New Brunswick
Launch Date: 9/8/2011
![[Expanding Horizons in Agriculture]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/images/spotlights/njaldp2.jpg "[Expanding Horizons in Agriculture]")
Expanding Horizons in Agriculture
Learn about the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Program
Launch Date: 7/25/2011
Unwanted Visitors in Your Yard?
Learn which plants are the least attractive to deer
Launch Date: 1/1/2011
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