NHAES News & Events
Since its establishment in 1887, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) has pioneered innovative research, nurturing sustainable solutions for agricultural, food, and environmental challenges, enriching every corner of the Granite State. Through pioneering interdisciplinary initiatives and state-of-the-art facilities, NHAES remains dedicated to propelling positive change, empowering communities not only within New Hampshire but also beyond its borders. Below, you'll discover news and information about just some of the NHAES research that has had wide-ranging impacts on agriculture and food production; natural resources protection and conservation; and nutrition, health and wellness across the Granite State and throughout the Northeast.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025UNH researcher Constantine Spandagos leads interdisciplinary efforts to transform energy systems for a more sustainable futureDependable energy is a vital component of modern life, but relative to other states, New Hampshire residents have among the highest electricity costs and below-average reliability. However, adopting new systems to meet long-term energy needs is a much more complex challenge than it appears at first glance. An emerging research program at the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) at the...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025A bequest, a sale, a traffic circle and a profound benefit for UNH agricultural research and educationOn May 8, 1985, a check for $34,879.23 was issued by the New Hampshire State Treasurer to the University of New Hampshire (UNH). It was used to help purchase a nearby farm and was the last piece of a bequest, a generous gift of land to the university, made seven decades prior. Today, the gift’s benefit to UNH and agriculture and forestry in New Hampshire has likely surpassed anything that Samuel...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025UNH researchers assess woody invasive plants that represent a growing concern for regional forestsFor New Hampshire and nearby states, woodlands are valuable both as direct economic drivers and as outdoor recreational playgrounds. In the Granite State, the forest products industry alone generates an estimated $1.6 billion annually and supports more than 7,000 jobs, with woodlands contributing approximately $2.5 billion in total to the state’s economy. But increasingly, the spread of non-...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025UNH research analyzes areas with frequent collisions to provide information crucial for reducing the toll for drivers and wildlife.In a largely rural and heavily forested state like New Hampshire, the consequences of collisions can be severe for both animals and drivers when the preferred routes of medium-sized and large animals intersect with roads. Efforts to reduce the approximately 1,500 wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) reported annually in the Granite State have been limited by a lack of understanding of WVC hotspots...
Upcoming COLSA & NHAES Events
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Sep2412:30pm - 1:30pm, Lunch & Learn as we welcome Takara Bio to the UNH Campus!"Advancing Discovery with instrument free spatial mapping and high sensitivity RNA-seq"Trekker™ kits, powered by Slide-tag technology, bring spatial context to your single-cell workflows—without requiring new instruments. By assigning spatial barcodes to nuclei within their native tissue environment, Trekker enables full transcriptome reconstruction in true singlecell resolution, without deconvolution or segmentati...
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Sep251:00pm - 2:00pm, Please join us for the DBS Fall Seminar Series! Dr. Nadine Lysiak - New England AquariumSeptember 25th, 20251:00PM - 2:00PM in Spaulding G25 Baleen analysis reveals the hidden lives of North Atlantic right whalesWhale baleen is a remarkable structure, unrivaled in the animal kingdom. In addition to being a highly adaptive filter feeding apparatus, it is an accreting, metabolically inert matrix holding compounds that reflect a whale’s physiological state at the time of tissue ...
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Oct212:40pm - 2:00pm, Join us for our ANFS Seminar 997 series October 2nd at 12:40 in Kendall 325 Nicole Cardwell, Director of NH Food Alliance presents, "Introducing the NH Food and Agriculture Strategic Plan."
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Oct99:00am - 2:00pm, COLSA is hosting the Fall 2025 Future Farmers of America-UNH Interscholastics Event on Thursday, October 9th in Barton, Cole, Putnam Halls, as well as the Macfarland Greenhouse and Fairchild Dairy. This is an event where 100+ area NH high school students compete in Dairy, Forages, Forestry, and Horticulture.
NHAES News Spotlights
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Farms lauded for providing real-world setting for studentsThe University of New Hampshire has been ranked No. 12 in a rating of the best college farms in the nation. The ranking by College Rank evaluated college farms on student integration with sustainability factors, community programming, and courses available at the university or college farm, not just in the classroom.Learn More -
Facility is Only Research Greenhouse Operation in World with CertificationFor the second year, the Macfarlane Research Greenhouses at the University of New Hampshire have received the top grade for sustainability by an independent international sustainability certification group. The facility, which is part of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, is the only research greenhouse operation in the world with this sustainability certification.Learn More -
Dairy science students attend the 2019 American Dairy Science Association Annual MeetingFour UNH dairy science students and Prof. Pete Erickson recently attended the 2019 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.Learn More -
UNH Has Conducted Extensive Research and Outreach to FarmersNew Hampshire farmers are increasingly moving to more sustainable farming practices, with those adopting no-till, reduced-till, and cover crop practices dramatically increasing since 2012, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The University of New Hampshire has conducted extensive research on these sustainable agriculture practices and worked to educate Northeast farmers about them.Learn More -
COLSA Well Represented Among WinnersIn 2021, the UNH Sustainability Institute launched the UNH Sustainability Awards, which recognizes activities and achievements that best embody the principles and practices of sustainability.Learn More
