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Cooperative Extension
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Cooperative Extension
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Cooperative Extension

Rutgers Cooperative Extension

Helping people, businesses, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future.

Cooperative Extension is a unique collaboration between Rutgers and the Department of Agriculture. As the community outreach arm of the University, our goal is to help the diverse populations across the state of New Jersey to adapt to a rapidly changing society, improve lives, and nourish communities through educational programs that are science based.

Food, Nutrition, and Health

Understanding the relationship among our lifestyle, the food we eat and where it comes from, and even our finances is a key component of good health. Cooperative Extension, addresses diverse unmet issues of nutrition and health, from teaching our most vulnerable residents about healthy eating on a budget, to programs that promote health and reduce the risk of chronic disease.

Food, Nutrition, and Health
Family at produce market buying apples.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Your source for information on soils, site improvement, plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, and more.

Agriculture and Natural Resources
3 people plant a tree.

4-H Youth Development

Dedicated to helping New Jersey youth, families, and communities achieve their full potential, 4-H provides resources and life skills needed for the leaders of tomorrow.

What is 4-H?
4-H STEM science project.

Business and Community

These resources help entrepreneurs, organizations, and communities thrive through access to education and economic development opportunities.

Business and Community
Tomato Sauce Production.

Fact Sheets

Explore hundreds of resources available through Rutgers Cooperative Extension fact sheets and other publications. We provide research-based information on a wide variety of topics including agriculture, economic development, family and consumer sciences.

Extension by the Numbers

21
Rutgers Cooperative Extension County Offices
16
Off-Campus Research and Extension Farms/Field Stations
325+
Faculty and Staff
Gleaning Vegetables

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Your generosity to Cooperative Extension helps Rutgers strengthen its commitment to the common good through the creation, sharing, and application of knowledge.

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