Aphids suck, literally. They are small, soft-bodied insects that use long, slender piercing mouthparts to suck up plant fluids. Aphids are a common issue for home-scale gardeners all the way to industrial farms, so they are a pretty well-known pest. But did you know how crazy these small insects are? They have a very complex … Continue reading Aphids (AKA little alien pests)
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Spring Harvest Dinner: Showcasing Local Foods!
Come one, come all! Today, Wednesday April 20th, UNH Dining is hosting the 2022 Spring Harvest Dinner. Both Holloway Commons and Philbrook Dining Halls will offer menus featuring local foods from various farm, including some of our produce from Farm To You NH! Here is a list of the local companies being showcased: - Maine … Continue reading Spring Harvest Dinner: Showcasing Local Foods!
Greenhouse Open House
Get ready to check out some plants! On Saturday, April 2nd, UNH is bringing back the Macfarlane Research Greenhouse Open House for the first time in two years. This Greenhouse Open House will give anyone interested the opportunity to meet NH Agricultural Experiment Station scientists, talk to UNH Cooperative Extension members, tour the newly completed … Continue reading Greenhouse Open House
Crop Showcase: Saffron
Here at the high tunnels, we cultivate a wide variety of plants, including these unremarkable looking tufts of grass that may just be weeds... Just kidding. These are the foliage of Crocus sativus, an autumn-flowering plant that produces the spice saffron. The harvested portion of the spice are the vibrant red-orange styles, which conduct pollen … Continue reading Crop Showcase: Saffron
Fat Peach Farm Tour
Even in the age of COVID, the Field Production class at UNH was able to enjoy a field trip this semester to learn more about local agriculture. Fat Peach Farm in Madbury, NH graciously allowed a farm tour and visit to showcase all the exciting happenings of Spring! Sugaring may be done for the year, … Continue reading Fat Peach Farm Tour
Microgreens
Think food production at UNH only happens in the field or in a greenhouse? Think again! Check out these amazing trays of microgreens at Philbrook Dining Hall! These trays are seeded weekly at the Farm to You NH high tunnels and then brought over and placed in the growing system inside Philly – another example … Continue reading Microgreens
Highlighting Queer Farming Networks
Queer farming comes with challenges not faced by farmers who are cis-gender, or straight. There is first the obstacle of acceptance that they can be a farmer. It may sound silly but often the public's ideas surrounding farmers are often a white, straight, cis-gendered couple farming on their generational family farm. This image is perpetually … Continue reading Highlighting Queer Farming Networks
Farm to You NH a Year into COVID-19
We are coming up to the one year anniversary of the changed UNH operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to look back at how things have changed in small ways such as the change in our program to find ways that it enabled us to grow and changed our own perceptions of … Continue reading Farm to You NH a Year into COVID-19
Bed prep in the tunnels
Dirt... erm... SOIL in need of some love. We finally got the tunnels covered back up with plastic… phew!! The tunnel covered, we needed to prep the beds so we can start growing. Here are the steps we use at FarmToYouNH in the preparation of our soil… -Clear away the previous crop and crop debris. … Continue reading Bed prep in the tunnels
Alumni Callout
Hey y'all FarmToYouNH Alum, we want to recognize all of your hard work in the tunnels and fields. We added an alumni page to the FarmToYouNH website and we're hoping you'll help us add the missing semesters' student farmers. If we had a comprehensive list of all the awesome people that had worked this soil, … Continue reading Alumni Callout
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