Agriculture and Food Systems (Minor) Spotlight

UNH student Braden Foulks holding sweet potatoes just harvested at UNH's Woodman Farm
Braden Foulks '25
At work on a variety of agricultural research projects that benefit local and regional farmers
Braden Foulks ’25 has been working with Professor Becky Sideman and Professor Iago Hale on their respective research.
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UNH undergraduate Braden Foulks petting a dog near the UNH Dairy Bar
Braden Foulks '25
Biochemistry major works on plant breeding project
Braden Foulks is a biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology major and an agriculture and food systems minor from Durham, New Hampshire. He has received the Trustee Scholarship. COLSA: Why did you choose UNH? Braden Foulks: UNH offered the best education and the most money, and everyone in…
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UNH student Alexandra Papadakis ’21
From Farm-to-Fork to Hunger
Food insecurity concerns lead to change in major
Alexandra Papadakis ’21 has long been interested in food. When she started at UNH, she thought that interest would take her in the direction of how it’s grown, harvested, marketed, consumed. Then she started thinking more about hunger.
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Peter Kane tends to lettuce in one of UNH's high tunnels
Peter Kane ‘18
Recent grad didn’t go far to find a rewarding job
Pete Kane ’18 started managing the Farm to You NH high tunnels and half-acre field adjacent to the Fairchild Dairy in 2016, while he was still an undergrad.
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