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UNH student studying horseshoe crabs, survivors for 350 million years
They have blue blood, more than four eyes, have been around since the time of the dinosaurs, and could save your life. It's no wonder University of New Hampshire graduate student Helen Cheng is so passionate about horseshoe crabs.
Story >>>40th Celebration of America’s Oldest and Largest Collegiate Equestrian National Championships
In 1973 there were no cell phones, home computers, smart cars or internet but there were a determined handful of college coaches and teams who met in good-natured competition for what became the first annual Intercollegiate Horse Show Association National Championships. This May 2-5, the Equine Arena of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg will host the 40th celebration of what are now the oldest and largest collegiate equestrian national championships in America, bringing together more than two dozen teams and 400 individual riders who qualified through regional and zone finals for the privilege of competing as college riding’s best of the best.
Story >>>Farm to Fork Fertilizer
Animal Logic
Putting the Green in Greenhouse
UNH Scientists Document First Expansion of ‘Sea Potato’ Seaweed Into New England
Graduate students Lindsay Green and Hannah Traggis discovered the rapid southern expansion of Colpomenia peregrina during a SCUBA diving trip in the waters off Kittery.
Story >>>Birch syrup explored as add-on to maple industry
Unlike maple syrup-drenched Vermont and lobster-rich Maine, New Hampshire doesn't have much to call its own in the food world. But it could find a future claim to fame in birch syrup, a nontraditional but increasingly popular product pulled from New Hampshire's state tree.
Story >>>Spotlight: Squash 'Honey Bear'
More than 27 million American households grew vegetables last year, according to a poll conducted last month for the National Gardening Association - and that's 2 million more than in 2007.
Story >>>Inner Growth
Managing Milk
As a Pre-Vet major at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Nicole Guindon ’11 ’13G was thinking more about horses than cows. Everything changed after she took one of Professor of Biology Peter Erickson’s dairy management classes to develop a more well rounded experience with large animals. “I just fell in love with cows, farming, and the dairy industry,” says Guindon who will graduate this spring with a Master’s of Science in Dairy Nutrition.
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