From the Station Director |
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It was wonderful to see so many visitors at the 2023 Open Barn event at the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center a few weeks ago! The event, co-organized with the Granite State Dairy Promotion, was held for the first time since 2019. The Open Barn is one of the great ways to introduce and update many of our stakeholders about the latest research projects that benefit New Hampshire's dairy industry, as well as share information on the undergraduate teaching and workforce development programs that help bolster sustainable food production and animal care in our region. Thank you to our dairy staff—Jon Whitehouse, Rachel Dubanoski, and Tim Cahill—and research faculty Nancy Whitehouse for their leadership in making this event a success!
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Visitors enjoying learning about the latest research and cooling off with a chocolate milk and ice cream at the 2023 Open Barn event at the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research Center. |
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The research dairy Open Barn is one of numerous events across our research farm facilities during which agricultural, forestry, and natural resources organizations (public and private), public and private schools, elected state and federal representatives, and the public can have hands-on learning about the innovative research developed by Station scientists and how it can be applied to make real-world impacts—some of which you can learn about below!
Thank you for supporting our efforts to improve the lives of our state and region!
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Director, NH Agricultural Experiment Station
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A New England summer isn’t complete without a slice of juicy blueberry pie and eating a few crisp berries as an afternoon treat. But the spotted wing drosophila, or SWD, a pesky fruit fly native to Southeast Asia that was first identified in the U.S. a little more than a decade ago is wreaking havoc on fruit crops producers—from commercial farms to the backyard garden. Station scientist Anna Wallingford is seeking new approaches to manage a rapidly growing challenge that already causes hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses annually to the U.S. and is a yearly threat to more than 41,000 acres of wild and cultivated blueberries across New England. Discover cultural controls research for SWDs that's taking place at UNH.
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New England is one of the least food insecure regions in the United States, with New Hampshire consistently ranking among the most food secure. However, averages can obscure significant variability that can occur among different demographic and socioeconomic groups, such as college students, who experience higher-than-national-average rates of food insecurity. When coupled with other factors that may impair or restrict individuals from accessing food, the adverse impacts of food insecurity are exacerbated. Station scientist Jesse Stabile Morrell and her co-authors are shedding light on the extent of food insecurity among college students with a disability and the detrimental effects on academic and health implications. Learn how data from the UNH CHANAS study has helped inform key research into the college-aged emerging adult population for nearly two decades.
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Every river has a story to tell, and the stories of New Hampshire’s approximately 19,000 miles of streams and rivers can fill a library. Writing down and learning from those stories, however, requires a scientific framework that can interpret the myriad processes that occur in and around the dynamic river environments. New research at NHAES led by Station scientist Adam Wymore shows how a multidisciplinary approach to studying streams and rivers can help tell a rich story about the Earth’s critical zones—where “rock meets life.” Read more on the Critical Zone (CZ) and how CZ science brings together researchers from a broad range of areas.
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Following high school, Evan Ford ’96—manager of UNH's Woodman Horticultural Research Farm and Kingman Research Farm—served in the U.S. military, during which time he was stationed in Korea and the Philippines. It was in East and Southeast Asia where he witnessed subsistence farmers doing their best to work the land and provide for their families with what they could. This, along with his faith, inspired him to want to give back, to help those in need and to particularly support farmers and work in the industry himself. Read how Evan supports research goals at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station.
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