NHAES Staff

NHAES research project manager Catherine Armstrong began working at UNH as an accountant in 2013. During that time, she became familiar with federal grant funding programs, including those run by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). So, when the opportunity came to join the…

Isagani Kimball, assistant farm manager of the Organic Dairy Research Farm (ODRF), started farming in his hometown of Kensington, N.H., at age 8. Attending UNH from 2006–2010 for a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Isagani learned he preferred the outdoor work of farm life over the indoor…

Mark Trabold, assistant farm manager of UNH's Woodman Horticultural Research and Kingman Research farms, returned to work at UNH in July 2022. A 2015 graduate of the Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science: Dairy Management program, Mark lived and worked at the Fairchild Dairy Teaching and Research…

Terry Bickford works as a lead farm worker for UNH's Farm Services Operation. It's a role he's been in since 2021, however, his farming experience dates back to when he was an infant, helping his family on the Stiles Dairy Farm in Strafford, NH.

Manager of Farm Services Operations Peter Davis ’16 has a long history of working for the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. After graduating from UNH in 2016, he joined Farm Services full-time as a lead farm worker. After four years, he took a brief hiatus, working for the Portsmouth…