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NJTV News with Mary Alice WilliamsNJTV, 2/27/2020Scarlet Sunrise tomato mentioned on NJTV News, March 3 at 24:47Survey finds nearly 40 percent of college students are food insecureThe Counter, 3/2/2020Despite new anti-hunger initiatives by colleges and universities, the numbers haven't changed much in five years... At Rutgers University in New Jersey, administrators are working to bridge the gap between food benefits and hungry students. They're screening all students for food insecurity through the Student Health Office and directing some to campus food pantries and others to the Dean of Students for additional resources. "As far as we know, we're the first school to do that. And we're pretty excited that we're able to serve our students in that way," said?Cara Cuite, assistant extension specialist in the?Department of Human Ecology.Frozen food, born 90 years ago this week, made eating cool with a North Jersey man's , 3/4/2020Imagine - if you can - a world without tater tots Hot Pockets, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer's macaroni and cheese. And yet, our primitive ancestors lived in such a world. That is, until March 6, 1930 - 90 years ago Friday - when a new product went on sale in 18 stores in Springfield, Massachusetts. "Frozen food really changed, and continues to change, the way we eat food today," said?Don Schaffner, a professor of food science at?Rutgers University, New Brunswick.Experts say coronavirus likely not spread by foodborne routesFood Safety News, 3/4/2020Public health officials and academics agree that the coronavirus poses little danger from a foodborne illness perspective, right now, but some are maintaining a slight level of vagueness about the situation. "While it is theoretically possible the virus could be transmitted via food, based on everything we know, the risk of foodborne transmission is dramatically smaller - perhaps by millions of times - than the risk by airborne droplets,"?Donald W. Schaffner, extension specialist in food science and Distinguished Professor at?Rutgers University, told Food Safety News.Rutgers turf alum goes from living car to working at illustrious SebonackMorning Ag Clips, 3/4/2020After a few months of working at Prestwick Village Golf Club in Highland, Michigan,?Eric Ryan?noticed a brochure for The?Rutgers Professional Golf Turf Management School?on a cafeteria table. "Hey, what's this all about?" he asks, waving the booklet in front of his supervisor's Italian sandwich. "It's school for turf. If you wanna make this your living, a program like that will teach you everything you need." "Dude, I love working here! I would absolutely do this long term.".. Two years later, Eric grips a blue ball point pen in a strong fist as he writes out the day's task list for his grounds crew at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, New York. An Assistant Superintendent at the most expensive golf course in the United States, Eric stands up tall, placing his pen alongside a half dozen others in a scarlet red Rutgers mug.Can Coronavirus Be Transmitted Through Food? Here's What You Should Know.Huffpost, 3/4/2020As of now, there's no evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food... "One piece of advice I've been repeating on a regular basis to people who are concerned is, 'What are you doing right now to manage your risk from regular flu?'" said?Don Schaffner, extension specialist in food science and distinguished professor at?Rutgers University. Many of the current recommendations for avoiding transmission of COVID-19 are similar.Rutgers Extension releases tool for school & community gardensMorning Ag Clips, 3/4/2020Toni is not alone in encountering obstacles in the smooth operation of a community or school garden. That is why?Rutgers Cooperative Extension?has developed a new online training series to help school, community and home gardeners be successful with their vegetable gardens. This training can be used by new teachers, parents, or community gardeners who are starting or taking leadership of a garden or those who just need training on a particular topic.?Rutgers Master Gardener?volunteers are also available to train garden groups on a variety of topics.Rutgers CUES Receives 2020 Honor AwardMorning Ag Clips, 3/5/2020The?Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability?(CUES) led by?Richard Alomar, associate director of the Office of Urban Extension and Engagement and associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, and?Frank Gallagher, Environmental Planning Program Director and Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the?Department of Landscape Architecture, received a 2020 Professional Honor Award from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects during the Chapter's annual meeting in Atlantic City in February.The Power of Hand-Washing to Prevent CoronavirusWebMD, 3/6/2020The single most important piece of advice health experts can give to help us stay safe from COVID-19 is this one: Wash your hands... It doesn't matter if it's hot or cold. "We've done research on water temperature, and what we've discovered is that water temperature doesn't really matter in terms of effectiveness," says?Donald Schaffner, PhD, who studies predictive food microbiology, hand-washing, and cross-contamination at?Rutgers University?in New Brunswick, NJ.Attention Morristown Gardeners: Scarlet Sunrise Is New Jersey's Newest , 3/6/2020Developed by the same?NJAES?team that created the Rutgers 250 tomato a few years ago, the Scarlet Sunrise was created using traditional (non-GMO) plant breeding methods. This cultivar has firm, crack-resistant red/yellow fruit. The indeterminate plants are high yielding, with mid-late season fruit maturity... Rutgers NJAES plant breeders-extension specialist in vegetables?Tom Orton?and?Pete Nitzsche, agriculture and natural resources county agent of Morris County, selected grape and cherry tomatoes that tested well in Rutgers performance and taste tests and used them to cross-breed for a unique flavorful grape tomato.Rutgers creates tomato with unique color to honor NJ legacy of tastyNJ101.5, 3/8/2020A tomato breeding team from?Rutgers University-New Brunswick has created a brand new, unique and flavorful bi-color grape tomato that's available to New Jersey residents. It's called The Scarlet Sunrise, a new version of the grape tomato, said Rutgers plant biology professor?Thomas Orton. It combines an heirloom type color that was blush, yellow and pink with the flavor that can be found in a red grape tomato.? He said the Scarlet Sunrise sort of looks like a peach does as it's beginning to ripen. A peach has a reddish-yellow-blush color to it as it begins to ripen from light green. The fruit of this particular grape tomato cultivar looks just like that. No other grape tomato has this color, Orton said.This Is Why Soap Is So Effective at Stopping Spread of CoronavirusNewsweek, 3/9/2020Donald Schaffner, distinguished professor at Rutgers University and an expert in topics including handwashing, told Newsweek soaps also work to remove viruses from the hands as they wash them down the drain, while hand sanitizers inactivate virus already on the hands. "For an added 'one-two' punch you can use both," he said. Contrary to some recommendations that hot water must be used when handwashing, Schaffner said the level of heat doesn't matter and people should simply use a comfortable temperature. "People should practice washing all the areas of their hands, and perhaps give special attention to places where microbes may get trapped in dirt such as under the fingernails," he said.Public policy workshop promotes nutrition advocacyMorning Ag Clips, 3/9/2020On February 21, a Public Policy Workshop for nutrition advocacy was held at the New Jersey Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), on the New Brunswick campus. This event was organized by?Pinkin Panchal?MS, RDN, assistant teaching professor in the?Department of Nutritional Sciences?and coordinator for the Dietetics - Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) Program.NJ weather: Will we get ANY snow this year? Here's what we can expect to see in the springAsbury Park Press, 3/10/2020New Jersey is on pace to have its fifth warmest winter in history as the state has only accumulated 4.7 inches of snow so far, the fourth-lowest amount of snow ever recorded, according to?Rutgers University Professor David A. Robinson, who is also the?New Jersey State Climatologist. But spring is right around the corner and if history has anything to say about it, it's not out of the conversation for New Jersey to experience some winter weather in the following months.We invite you to send an email to?InTheNews@aesop.rutgers.edu?alerting us when you are quoted in a story or if your program is mentioned in the news. Please send links of news,?as it happens, as some media outlets do not retain online links beyond a week.Visit the newly redesigned SEBS and NJAES Newsroom at?sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu. ................
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