Welcome!
Welcome to the NH Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), located within the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) at the University of New Hampshire! We encourage you to become more familiar with our background, our mission, and our multiple activities in support of healthy and thriving state, regional and national agriculture and natural resource systems.
The NHAES is a research organization created in 1887 as a full partner in the ‘tripartite mission’ of the land grant university system, as explained in our background and history page. Our supported research efforts contribute to maintaining efficient, economically viable and environmentally sustainable food, forest, aquaculture and farming systems for New Hampshire and beyond.
We work with state and national entities to administer and distribute research dollars, with a mandate to undertake fundamental and applied investigations toward creating new knowledge and technology that has potential usefulness to the region and nation. The NHAES administers both Hatch and McIntire-Stennis funds, so we address agricultural, associated natural resources, and forestry-related research questions. These are broad and important target arenas, and therefore we fund many individual and collaborative faculty projects, as well as graduate and undergraduate students.
We provide multiple excellent research facilitiesin support of our research and associated outreach and stakeholder engagement programs. As commited partners in the land grant mission, we also facilitate the appropriate use of these facilities for teaching, extension and other activities. NHAES facilities include the Fairchild Dairy, Organic Dairy Research Farm, Woodman Farm, Kingman Farm, Research Greenhouses, and additional fields and farms (e.g., Moore Field, Thompson Farm) used both to produce feed and to serve researchers directly. The NHAES facilities are in large part responsible, along with the College Woods (also managed by COLSA), for maintaining the open, rural feel that we all value for the UNH campus. This is a direct example of the benefits that thriving agricultural landscapes provide for our state and region.
Notably, we collaborate with UNH and outside entities to host the university compost program, the Organic Garden Club, Twilight Tours, and many other instructional, extension, outreach and service activities on our facilities.
We invite you to contact us here at the NHAES. We sincerely value your interest, suggestions and comments!
Sincerely,
Tom Brady, Director
Jon Wraith, Associate Director
