Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems News

Students

• UNH Brewing Science students are using their brewing skills by working in many local breweries. For example, Great Rhythm Brewing Company, Stoneface Brewing Company, Loaded Question Brewing Company, Garrison City Beer Company, Smuttynose Brewery, and Czar’s Brewery all on the Seacoast have students tending bar, cellaring, packaging, and working on production for future beers.  Even California has acquired a former UNH student who is now an assistant brewer at Border X Brewing Company.  Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack has acquired three brewing minor students who are working in both the quality control laboratory and production side of operations.
• Veterinary Technology 2020 graduate students found work at the following clinics: Amanda Maxwell and Natalia Tellez at Shawme Animal Hospital, Sandwich, MA; Kayley Hoyt and Lucy Williams at Deerfield Veterinary Clinic, Deerfield, NH; and Nadia Daaboul is at Parkway Veterinary Hospital, Roxbury, MA working with 2019 graduate Madysen Delosh.
  There are four UNH Vet Tech alum working at The Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester, NH and they are: Zack Beckwith ’19, Mackenzie Kirk ’19, Jordan Daigle ’17, and Olivia Heghmann ’18.

Grad Students

• The Journal of Animal Science published Eric Hatungimana, Tess C. Stahl, and Peter S. Erickson manuscript entitled “Effect of storage of wet brewer’s grains with incremental levels of salt on apparent total-tract nutrient digestibility and purine derivative excretion in dairy heifers.” December 12, 2020.
• Camila Vinha, accelerated master’s student, recently authored, along with Professor Maggie Dylewski Begis, a research article in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group).  Her article is entitled “The Science Behind Prebiotic Supplementation of Infant Formula.”  Camila will graduate this May and hopes to become a clinical dietitian. 
• Madeline Anastasia, accelerated master’s student, also published a research article for the School Nutrition Services Dietary Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  Professor Maggie Dylewski Begis helped mentor Madeline.  The article is entitled “Culinary Interventions and Positive Nutritional Outcomes Among School-Aged Children.”
• Tess Stahl, PhD student, in Dr. Peter Erickson’s lab, recently had her manuscript selected as an “Editor’s Choice” in the Journal of Dairy Science.  Her manuscript is entitled “Sodium butyrate and monensin supplementation to postweaning heifer diets: Effects on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and Health.” Editor’s Choice articles are selected by the Editor-in-Chief on their contribution to dairy science specifically in the areas of dairy foods and dairy production.  T.C. Stahl, E. Hatungimana, K.D. Klanderman, S.C. Moreland, P.S. Erickson, Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 103, 11, p 10207-10218, November 01, 2020.

Faculty

• UNH Scientists Receive $2M Grant to Support Organic Dairy Industry
  “Organic dairy is undergoing a transition. After a decade-long 'boom' cycle, where demand outpaced production, diminished demand for fluid milk and lower pay prices are acute threats to the sustainability of the organic dairy industry here in New England and elsewhere. Given this new reality, the need to enhance production efficiency, feed quality, and milk components has become even more critical to ensuring that organic dairy remains a profitable enterprise,” said

Alumni

• Grace Stott (’20) published an article in the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition DPG newsletter, a dietetic practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Her article "Buddhist Approaches to Food Insecurity and Environmentalism" originated from work done during her senior year in Dr. Begis' Critical Issues course (NUTR 780/880).
• Deerfield Veterinary Clinic has acquired two of our Veterinary Technology students. Both students are Certified Veterinary Technicians.
• Former UNH Alums Dan (’15) and Marissa Laggis are part of a family-run dairy in Hardwick, Vermont.  The Laggis Brothers Farm has 500 milking Jerseys!  Check out their video as they tell their story behind their farm as well as how they have responded to recent changes in the industry caused by COVID-19.