Source: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY submitted to NRP
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1005968
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
NE-1335
Project Start Date
Mar 1, 2015
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2018
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
3 RUTGERS PLZA
NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08901-8559
Performing Department
Agricultural Food & Resource Economics
Non Technical Summary
Our team proposes to address resource management issues related to water and nutrient applications, as well as to energy use. Engineers will use sensors to collect improved information about the plant status, the growing environment and outdoor conditions and costs. I will analyze the costs and returns of using those sensors based on data collected. We want to develop and implement environmental control strategies that optimize resource management and maximize crop quality and yield, while also maximizing the economic return to the grower.
Animal Health Component
100%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
60160303010100%
Knowledge Area
601 - Economics of Agricultural Production and Farm Management;

Subject Of Investigation
6030 - The farm as an enterprise;

Field Of Science
3010 - Economics;
Goals / Objectives
To develop up-to-date water and nutrient as well as energy management guidelines for greenhouse crop production and provide stakeholders with educational opportunities that teach proper implementation at their own facilities.
Project Methods
Develop guidelines and approaches to improve greenhouse heating system efficiencyWewill collect information about available heating systems and their suitability for greenhouse applications. Specifically, we will collect the details on the types of systems and the cost of investment, as well as operating costs.Develop guidelines and approaches for the use of alternative energy sourcesWewill continue work on alternative energy sources, specifically switch grass. Current budgets will be updated.We will evaluate two production inputs, plant containers and irrigation/fertigation, to assess the economic and environmental impacts of sustainable production practices in nursery and greenhouse operations. Investment and operating costs will be collected as well as any potential savings and returns. Use of "Green" processes based upon quantitative data will result in improved farm incomes while sustaining environmental quality by reducing the carbon, water, and chemical foot prints of production systems.Outreach activities (presentation, publications, demonstrations) to stakeholdersExisting resources will be collected and Extension publications and outreach programs on water and fertilizer management will be conducted for greenhouse operators and Extension personnel. Growers will be educated on the economics of irrigation and fertilizer efficiency, as well as their potential as effective marketing tools towards consumers, neighbors and community relations. Results will be reported in trade journal articles, and peer reviewed publications, as well as through outreach presentations. Where appropriate, Extension Fact Sheets will be developed.

Progress 03/01/15 to 09/30/18

Outputs
Target Audience:The primary audience is the ornamental horticulture industry which includes nurseries, greenhouses, and garden centers and people who are considering entering the ornamental horticulture industry. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The initial results of the research have been presented at professional and grower meetings. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been presented at grower meeting. The Empowering Women Farmers Through Farm Management Training (EMWOFA) workbook, teacher's manual, and e-learning videos are on the website: http://www.emwofa.eu/ in 4 languages: English, Turkish, German, and Spanish. We have filmed the Empowering Women Farmers Through Farm Management Training, and these modules as well as the short business management training videos are available on the Rutgers Farm Management Website (http://farmmgmt.rutgers.edu/) so that any producers, potential producers, educators, and extension personnel can have access to them. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Greenhouse growers find themselves under increasing pressure to respond to consumer preferences to use environmentally sustainable practices and materials while maintaining profitable operations. These consumer preferences reflect a mounting awareness of the environmental issues, such as climate change and their associated social costs. Ideally, sustainable horticultural production accounts for both traditional economic considerations and such social costs, some of which can be explained through the calculation of global warming potential (GWP). An obvious candidate for a sustainable intervention is the traditional plastic pot, which growers can replace with alternative biocontainers with varying degrees of GWP. This study calculated the variability of direct costs of production using alternative containers to offer a comparison of social and economic costs. Based on our assessment and the observed small variation in GWP between alternative containers, growers would benefit from selecting a container based on price and consumer demand. Some social costs that we are not aware of yet may be associated with some or all biocontainers.

Publications

  • Type: Books Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: ÿzkan, B., R.G. Brumfield, R. Vezne, S. Mair, R. Cuart, A. Gambin, D. Bilgin, A. Tasyurek, and L. Kenny. 2017. Empowering Women Farmers with Agricultural Business Management Training. Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership Project Workbook.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., L.B. Kenny, A.J. DeVincentis, A.K. Koeser, S. Verlinden, A.J. Both, G. Bi, S.T. Lovell, and J.R. Stewart. 2018. Analysis of economic and social costs of growing Petunia x hybrida in a greenhouse production system using alternative containers. HortScience 53(8):1179⿿1185. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI13044-18.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield*, R. G., B. ÿzkan, and R. Vezne. 2017. Agricultural Business Management Training for Women Farmers in Turkey, Germany and Spain. Paper Presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), Waikoloa, HI, September 19-22, 2017. https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Person/36395.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield*, R. G., N. Polanin, J. Carleo, M. Melendez, D. Kluchinski, R. Govindasamy, H. Gohil, P. J. Nitzsche, A. Wyenandt, J. Matthews, and, J. Heckman. 2017. Horticultural Crops in the ⿿Ultra-Niche⿿. Poster Presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), Waikoloa, HI, September 19-22, 2017. https://ashs.confex.com/ashs/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Person/36395.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield*, R.G., B. ÿzkan, and R Vezne. 2017. Empowering Women Farmers with Business Management Training in Turkey, Germany and Spain. Presented at the Extension Risk Management Educators National Conference, Cincinnati, OH. April 27-28, 2017. https://agrisk.umn.edu/Conferences/Presentation/empowering_woman_farmers_with_agricultural_bu.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: ÿzkan, B., R.G. Brumfield, R. Vezne, A. Dall, S. Mair, R. Cuart, A. Gambin, D. Bilgin, A. Tasyurek, and L. Kenny. 2017. Empowering Women Farmers with Agricultural Business Management Training. Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership Project Educational Programme.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield, Robin G., Jenny S. Carleo, Laura B. Kenny, Meredith Melendez, Barbara O⿿Neill, Nicholas Polanin, Kenesha Reynolds-Allie. 2017. Modifying and Supplementing Annies Project to Increase Impact in New Jersey and Beyond. Journal of Extension 55 (5): Article # 5TOT3. https://www.joe.org/joe/2017october/pdf/JOE_v55_5tt3.pdf.


Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience:The primary audience is the ornamental horticulture industry which includes nurseries, greenhouses, and garden centers and people who are considering entering the ornamental horticulture industry. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The initial results of the research have been presented at professional and grower meetings. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been presented at grower meetings. The Empowering Women Farmers through Farm Management Training (EMWOFA) workbook, teacher's manual, and e-learning videos are on the website: http://www.emwofa.eu/ in 4 languages: English, Turkish, German, and Spanish. We have filmed the Empowering Women Farmers through Farm Management Training, and these modules as well as the short business management training videos are available on the Rutgers Farm Management Website (http://farmmgmt.rutgers.edu/) so that any producers, potential producers, educators, and extension personnel can have access to them. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Rutgers' websites are being converted to a new platform. We plan to revamp the website to make the videos and other resources easier to reach once the edits are completed.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Research on the cost of inputs, specifically water, analyzed on various greenhouse containers. This study is nearly complete and will be submitted for publication by the end of 2017.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield, Robin G., Burhan Ozkan, and Rabia Vezne. 2017. A Train-the-Trainer Program to Train Extension Educators to Teach Business Management Skills to Women Farmers. International Journal of Economics and Management Systems, ISSN: 2367-8925, 2, 86-90. http://www.iaras.org/iaras/journals/ijems.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Polanin, Nicholas, Meredith Melendez, Jenny Carleo, Jennifer Matthews, Robin Brumfield, Barbara ONeill, Jeff Heckman. 2017. Social Media: Cultivating Peer-to-Peer Farm Women Networks in New Jersey. International Journal of Agricultural Science, ISSN 2367-9026, 2, 37-41. http://iaras.org/iaras/journals/ijas.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2016 Citation: �zkan, B., R.G. Brumfield, R. Vezne. 2016. Empowering women farmers with agricultural business management training (EMWOFA). AEON International Multidisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences and Arts. Pp. 184-192. ISBN 978-619-90803-0-6. http://aeonconferences.org/documents/Aeon_Conference_Proceedings.pdf.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Brumfield, Robin G., Burhan Ozkan, and Rabia Vezne. 2017. A Train-the-Trainer Program to Train Extension Educators to Teach Business Management Skills to Women Farmers. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Transactions on Educational Technologies. 2(1): 75-76. 9th International Conference on APPLIED ECONOMICS, BUSINESS and DEVELOPMENT (AEBD '17) Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Polanin, Nicholas, Meredith Melendez, Jenny Carleo, Jennifer Matthews, Robin Brumfield, Barbara ONeill, Jeff Heckman. 2017. Social Media: Cultivating Peer-to-Peer Farm Women Networks in New Jersey. World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) Transactions on Educational Technologies. 2(1): 75-76. 9th International Conference on APPLIED ECONOMICS, BUSINESS and DEVELOPMENT (AEBD '17) Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2017.
  • Type: Websites Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Empowering Women Farmers Through Farm Management Training(EMWOFA): http://www.emwofa.eu/.


Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:The Primary audience is the ornamental industry which includes nurseries, greenhouses, and garden centers and people considering entering the ornamental industry. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been presented at grower meeting. We have filmed the Empowering Women Farmers Through Farm Management Training, and these modules as well as the short business management training videos will be available on the Rutgers Farm Management Website (http://farmmgmt.rutgers.edu/) so that any producers, potential producers, educators, and extension personnel can have access to them. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Rutgers' websites are being converted to a new platform. We plan to revamp the website to make the videos and other resources easier to reach once the edits are completed.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The ultimate goal of farming operation is to make a profit. It is therefore critical to understand and effectively manage the costs associated with producing a crop to make more informed managerial decisions, and minimize the risk of failure. Knowing the costs associated with producing a product is also a key component of pricing the product. An effective way of understanding and managing product costs is developing crop budgets. Budgets are an essential part of planning and risk analysis for agricultural production systems. Crop budgets allow producers to estimate on paper, costs and potential income, before allocating funds and other resources. According to Ahearn and Newton (2009), new and beginning farmers face two primary obstacles: high startup costs and a lack of available land for purchase or rent (which is further intensified in the state of New Jersey). Because of the limited resources that these farmers must work with, it is important to manage resources efficiently from the get go. Creating crop budgets is one way of helping new and beginning farmers allocate their resources wisely. Although budgets have been developed in different states for some crops production costs vary considerable between regions, farms, and seasons. These budgets seeks to fill the gap of lack of, or outdated budgets for the farming community of the state of New Jersey. A crop or enterprise budget has three main components; receipts/income, variable costs, and fixed costs. The cost components are categorized into specific activities, such as planting, labor, harvesting, etc. These components can be difficult to estimate because they are numerous and variable. Therefore, data needed to develop the budgets will be collected using several methods/sources. These methods/sources include: Obtaining and modifying (where necessary) existing budgets to reflect New Jersey production practices and current prices of inputs and assets. Working closely with local producers who successfully grow the selected crops, to solicit information on their production practices, cost of inputs, and current prices received. As noted earlier, cost and production practices will vary from farm to farm, therefore a multidisciplinary approach will be used (horticulturist, entomologist, etc.) to determine recommended production practices and input quantities, and to estimate cost for each crop. This information will be used to adjust information obtained from current local growers. Where necessary, collaborations will be made with local companies that sell and manufacture equipment/machinery, chemicals, and fertilizers, to obtain prices of these products. The budgets will be created in Microsoft excel and will be made fillable, to make it easy for growers to edit the numbers, based on their farming situations (land, weather, location, etc.). Each crop budget generated will provide a "Your Farm" column to allow growers to add, delete, or change costs to match their situation. We will ensure the excel sheets are user friendly, and create formulas that will automatically generate totals once the growers add, delete, or change costs or crop prices. We will also provide the users step by step instructions on editing the budgets, where necessary for their purposes. The budget for each crop will contain detailed information regarding sales (prices and quantity), variable costs (labor, chemicals, seeds, insurance, interest, etc.) and fixed costs (machinery, land, etc.). The information in each budget may vary, depending on factors important for growing that particular crop. Research on the cost of inputs, specifically water, was conducted on various greenhouse containers. This portion of the study is nearly complete and we be submitted for publication.I have also developed short videos on business management topics which are complete and will be linked to the NJ Farm Management Website.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Melendez, M. V., N. Polanin, J. Carleo, R. Brumfield, and B. O'Neill. 2016. Beyond the workshop: Continuing estate and transfer plan development by providing technological resources. Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents 9(1). http://www.nacaa.com/journal/index.php?jid=626.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2016 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., J.S. Carleo, S.J. Komar, J. Matthews, M. Melendez, R. Mickel, B. ONeill, N. Polanin, and B. �zkan. 2016. Empowering women who manage horticultural businesses in New Jersey and Turkey. Acta Horticulturae. (In Press).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., �zkan, B. and Carleo, J. 2016. The positive impacts on Turkish women farmers of an all-female agriculture and business management training pilot program. Acta Horticulturae. (ISHS) 1132:81-88 http://www.actahort.org/books/1132/1132_11.htm.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: �zkan, B., Ilbasm?s, E. and Brumfield, R.G. 2016. Management of the production and marketing of fresh fruit and vegetables: a case study of Antalya province in Turkey. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS) 1132:49-54 http://www.actahort.org/books/1132/1132_7.htm
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Awaiting Publication Year Published: 2016 Citation: Brumfield, R. G. and B. Ozkan. 2016. Gender Analysis of Labor and Resources in Greenhouse Vegetable Production in the Antalya Province of Turkey, HortScience Vol. 51(12) December 2016.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Brumfield, Robin G., Meredith V. Melendez, Nick Polanin, Jenny Carleo, and Barbara O'Neill. 2016. Success Beyond the Workshop: Reinforcement with On-Line and Take Home Resources for Estate and Farm Transfer Planning. Paper presented at the National Small Farms Conference, Virginia Beach, VA. September 20-22, 2016.


Progress 03/01/15 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The primary audience is the ornamental industry which includes nurseries, greenhouses, and garden centers. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We have worked as a committee of researchers across the country to develop the educational modules in Controlled Environment Plant Protection (CEPP) that can be used by students, greenhouse growers, industry representatives, and college administrators anywhere in the country. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have filmed all of the business management training modules and put them on the Rutgers Farm Management Webpage (http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/) so that any producers as well as educators and extension personnel can have access to them. Resources from Annie's Project New Jersey are also on this website so that all communities of interest can access them. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan to develop short video factsheets on greenhouse management topics so that producers can learn the key components of each part of a business plan in a short amount of time and then be directed to more in-depth resources.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The greenhouse industry has become a mature market and is extremely competitive. The Rutgers Cost Accounting Program is being used by more producers. It allows producers to track the cash flow and their costs, analyze their financial position, review their historical performance, tract their assets, review benchmarks, calculate financial ratios, and predict future performance. The resources from our Annie's Project New Jersey Greenhouse course is on-line on the Rutgers Farm Management Website so that producers all over the US can access it. The educational modules in Controlled Environment Plant Protection (CEPP) are completed on on-line so that they can be used by students, greenhouse growers, industry representatives, and college administrators anywhere in the country. The business management modules are largely based on curriculum that has been developed for Annie's Project New Jersey. The educational goals of the economics portion of this proposal are to develop an understanding of the concepts that must be considered to determine the economic viability of CEPP operations. Educational modules will included financial analysis, overhead versus variable cost, cost accounting, how to determine the profitability and cash flows of the business.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., A. J. DeVincentis, X. Wang, R. T. Fernandez, S. Nambuthiri, R. L. Geneve, A. K. Koeser, G. Bi, T. Li, Y. Sun, G. Niu, D. Cochran, A. Fulcher, J.R. Stewart. 2015. Economics of Utilizing Alternative Containers in Ornamental Crop Production Systems. HortTechnology 25(1):17-25. http://horttech.ashspublications.org/content/25/1/17.full.pdf?ijkey=ZILJ0CuiDlkCEru&keytype=ref.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: DeVincentis, A. J., R. G. Brumfield, P. Gottlieb, J. Johnson, 2015. Cost Analysis of Recycling Water in Greenhouses in Southern New Jersey. HortScience 50(8):16. 2015.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Melendez, M., R.G. Brumfield, J.S. Carleo, J. Heckman, A. Lippet-Faczak, J. Matthews, B. ONeill and N. Polanin. 2015. Using technology to enhance Annies Project women farmer training. Acta Horticulturae 1090:15-18. http://www.actahort.org/books/1090/1090_2.htm.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield*, R.G., J. Carleo, M. Melendez, B. O'Neill, and N. Polanin. 2015. Estate Planning: Transitioning for the Future of Horticultural businesses in New Jersey. 2015 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), New Orleans, LA, August 4-7, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., J.S. Carleo, .S.J. Komar, J. Matthews, M. Melendez, R. Mickel, B. ONeill, N. Polanin, and B. �zkan. 2015. Empowering women who manage horticultural businesses in New Jersey and Turkey. XVIII International Symposium on Horticultural Economics and Management Alnarp, Sweden, May 31 - June 3, 2015.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., B. �zkan, J. Carleo. 2015. Lasting Impacts of a Business Management Training Program for Turkish Women Farmers. 2015 Annual Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), New Orleans, LA, August 4-7, 2015.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. 2015. Cost Accounting, Financial Statements, and Ratios. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQfiNY2U9fk.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. 2015. How to price your products. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3HxeoRzrRg.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. 2015. Production Plan. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXz5iT0qSmI.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. 2015. SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZNTwEPoCI.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. 2015. Writing a business plan. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kciVgK_NtTM.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G., S. Komar, and J. Carleo. 2015. Why have a business plan? Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBtirLAuJhs.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Carleo, J., R.G. Brumfield, and S. Komar. 2015. Developing a Mission Statement. Horticultural Engineering You Tube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V7cQxIycEk.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: DeVincentis, A., R.G. Brumfield, and P. Gottlieb. 2015. Recycling Waste Water videos. We developed a series of videos to help greenhouse and nursery owners with costs and systems for recycling their waste water: http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/recycling-water/index.html.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield. R.G. 2015. Suzanne's Project Facebook Page. The Suzanne's Project Course was developed to teach small holder women farmers management, production, and computer skills and emphasizes networking and communication amongst graduates. We developed a Facebook page to accomplish this: https://www.facebook.com/suzannesproject/. There are 241 subscribers ("likes") of the page as of November 2015. The team includes R. G. Brumfield, J. Carleo, and B. �zkan.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. and J. Carleo. 2015. Suzanne's Project Website. The Suzanne's Project Course emphasizes networking and communication amongst graduates. Our website is: www.aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/anniesproject.html.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Carleo, J., and R.G. Brumfield. 2015. Annie's Project Facebook Page. The Annie's Project Course and grants emphasize networking and communication amongst graduates. We developed a Facebook page to accomplish this: http://www.facebook.com/anniesprojectnj. There are 214 subscribers ("likes") of the page as of November 2015. The team includes R. G. Brumfield, J. Carleo, J. Heckman, J. Matthews, M. Melendez, B. O'Neill, and N. Polanin.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Brumfield, R.G. and J. Carleo. 2015. Annie's Project Website. The Annie's Project Course and grant emphasize networking and communication amongst graduates. Our website is: www.aesop.rutgers.edu/~farmmgmt/anniesproject.html and includes updated information on the course as well as all of the slide-sets and handouts of the course.