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Centering Equity In Sustainable Food Systems Education, Eleanor J. Sterling, Erin Betley, Selena Ahmed, Sharon Akabas, Daniel J. Clegg, Shauna Downs, Betty Izumi, Pamela Koch, Sara M. Kross, Karen Spiller, Lemir Teron, Will Valley

The Sustainability Institute Publications

Sustainable food systems education (SFSE) is rapidly advancing to meet the need for developing future professionals who are capable of effective decision-making regarding agriculture, food, nutrition, consumption, and waste in a complex world. Equity, particularly racial equity and its intersectional links with other inequities, should play a central role in efforts to advance SFSE given the harmful social and environmental externalities of food systems and ongoing oppression and systemic inequities such as lack of food access faced by racialized and/or marginalized populations. However, few institutional and intra-disciplinary resources exist on how to engage students in discussion about equity and related …

Unh Scientists Share $13m In Grants To Study Benefits Of Feeding Dairy Cows Seaweeds, Lori Gula

Media Relations

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Unh Scientists Share $13m In Grants To Study Benefits Of Feeding Dairy Cows Seaweeds, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, October 20, 2021, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Mushroom Madness, Benjamin Borgmann-Winter

UNH Today Archive

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Interdisciplinary To The Core, Maria Emanuel

UNH Today Archive

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Dietary Fats: Friend Or Foe?, Ryan Wilmot

UNH Today Archive

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New Hampshire's Early Childhood System In The Time Of Covid-19: Child Care Access And Regional Systems Coordination, Nh Preschool Development Grant

Preschool Development Grant

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Write Free Or Die: Vol. 08, No. 01, Unh Writing Programs

Writing Program Newsletter

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Unh-Led Team Sequences Shea Tree Genome To Support Breeding And Conservation Efforts, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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Saving The Shea, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

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Senator Hassan And Congressman Pappas Visit Child Study And Development Center, Callie Carr

UNH Today Archive

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Unhsc Design Specifications For Bioretention Soil Mix (Bsm), University Of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (Unhsc)

UNH Stormwater Center

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Cover Crop-Based No-Till For Small Farms: Tradeoffs Of Termination Time, Method, And Ecosystem Services, Natalie Lounsbury

Doctoral Dissertations

Agriculture must adapt to and mitigate multiple environmental crises including climate change, overuse of herbicides, and soil degradation. Cover crops are a promising tool to do so because they protect soil from erosion, increase perenniality (i.e. year-round plant cover) and carbon contributions to farming systems, capture, recycle, and fix nitrogen, and suppress weeds through multiple mechanisms. Terminating high-residue cover crops to produce an in situ mulch for no-till production has added benefits of eliminating the need for tillage, protecting soil against extreme precipitation events and drought, and contributing to weed suppression. However, there are few non-chemical ways to terminate cover …

Microbiomes And Disease Suppressiveness Of Soils From Managed And Abandoned Orchards In New Hampshire, Madeleine Hassett

Master's Theses and Capstones

The soil microbiome is an essential component of ecosystem productivity. In agricultural systems, the soil microbiome significantly impacts plant health and the subsequent yield and productivity of those systems. Due to increasing demands on the food supply and the many challenges posed by climate change, soil fertility loss, and plant pathogens, modern agricultural systems often employ the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides that can have detrimental effects on human health and the environment. These chemicals also significantly affect soil microbiomes, and although the extent of these effects are still unknown, changes in diversity or functionality of plant associated microbiomes …

Efficacy Of Snap Education And Associations Between Diet Quality And Chronic Disease Risk In Bhutanese Refugees, Dustin Moore

Master's Theses and Capstones

OBJECTIVES: To quantify the longitudinal effects of a direct SNAP-Ed intervention on diet, systemic inflammation, and gut microbiota among adult Bhutanese refugees. To measure the cross-sectional associations between dietary quality, inflammation, and gut microbial producers of short chain fatty acids (SCFA).METHODS: A convenience sample of 54 Bhutanese refugee adults (mean age=47 ± 2 years, 83% female) residing in New Hampshire was block randomized into the SNAP-Ed or control group. The SNAP-Ed intervention consisted of six one-hour nutrition lessons taught by a bi-cultural community health worker in the participants’ homes. Three 24-hour recalls were used to assess dietary intake at baseline …

Estimating The Value Of Disease Regulation Services Under Climate Change: A Bioeconomic Model Of Coffee Leaf Rust And Shade-Grown Coffee, Khashayar Ghorbani

Master's Theses and Capstones

Coffee is the most valuable agricultural product in international trade. It is projected to face a decrease in production by as much as 50% by 2050, mainly due to rising temperature, changes in rainfall patterns, deforestation, and the spread of fungal pathogens and pests. Among the biological threats to coffee, the Coffee Leaf Rust (CLR) has the most destructive economic impact all around the world. The most recent widespread outbreak resulted in a 16% harvest loss in Central America and a 31% loss in Colombia during the 2012-2013 season, and a record of 50% loss was reported in Costa Rica …

Striped Bass Population Genetic Structure And Bait Panel Development For Mixed Stock Analysis, Kristopher Wojtusik

Master's Theses and Capstones

The delineation of genetic stock structure and population connectivity are key components in the effective management of exploited fishes, and in preserving the biocomplexity of populations which is critical for maintaining a species resilience to environmental and anthropogenic pressures. The information gained from identifying the genetic structure among populations is important for ensuring that the spatial scale of management makes biological sense, for identifying genetically compatible individuals to be used in stocking and supplementation efforts, and for use in population assignment methods. This body of research focuses on delineating the genetic stock structure of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) and building …

The Effect Of Wood-Fiber Substrates On Natural Disease Suppression And The Efficacy Of Rootshield®Wp Against Rhizoctonia Solani, Isobel Michaud

Master's Theses and Capstones

As by-products of the forest industry, wood fibers (WFs) are affordable and sustainable raw materials that have risen in popularity in the last decade to help meet the demand for soilless substrates. Wood fibers are high in hemicellulose and cellulose content yet have lower lignin content than Sphagnum peat, coconut coir, and tree bark-based growing medium components. Researchers have demonstrated that wood is more microbially active than peat and that WFs from pine and poplar have significantly greater fungal diversity and abundance than peat and coir, which can have higher bacterial diversity than WFs. However, the effects of WF-associated microbial …

Gutsy, Tough Changemakers, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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A Movement On The Move, Keith Testa

UNH Today Archive

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 11, 2021, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Unh Research Finds Weekend Food Programs Lead To Higher Student Test Scores, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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"Backpack" Food Programs Linked To Higher Test Scores For School Children, Michael Kurtz, Karen S. Conway, Robert D. Mohr

Carsey Publications

Nationwide, over half a million children live in households that report very low food security among children, meaning a child is not eating enough, going hungry, skipping a meal, or not eating for a full day because the household can’t afford food. School meals cannot alleviate this need outside of school hours. To mitigate food insecurity on days when free school meals are unavailable, foodbanks have partnered with schools to create weekend feeding, or “BackPack,” programs that provide children with a bag of nonperishable food to nourish them over the weekend.

In this brief, authors Michael Kurtz, Karen Conway, and …

Proceedings Of The Harmful Algal Bloom (Hab) Preparedness & Response Virtual Workshop And Tabletop Exercise, Coastal Response Research Center

Coastal Response Research Center

On April 27 - 28, 2021, CRRC and DPP co-sponsored a virtual workshop entitled “Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Preparedness & Response.” The workshop focused on HAB preparedness and response capabilities and responsibilities across the Federal Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (IWG – HABHRCA) members and select state agencies. Workshop participants represented academia, Federal, state, and local agencies. The two-day workshop included plenary presentations from Federal, state, and non-government agency representatives outlining: their roles and responsibilities; risk and crisis communication strategies; tools for early detection, measurement quantification, and mitigation; and public health and …

Survey Says, Sarah Schaier

UNH Today Archive

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Visit Unh Research Farms On Durham Farm Day Saturday Aug. 21, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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Eating Competence And Dietary Intake Of Sexual And Gender Minority College Students, Sara Murphy, Jesse Stabile Morrell

Faculty Publications

Sexual and gender minority college students are underrepresented in nutrition research and may face unique challenges related to eating which impact their overall diet quality. We assessed the differences in eating competence and dietary intake between sexual and gender minority (SGM) and cisgender heterosexual (CH) college students. Participants (n = 2645) reported sexual orientation, gender identity and completed the Eating Competence Satter Inventory (ecSI 2.0™ through an online questionnaire. Three-day food records examined dietary intake. Intake was compared to recommendations for nutrients of public health concern. Chi-square and ANCOVA examined differences between eating competence and dietary intake. There were no …

Rescue Mission, Sarah Schaier

UNH Today Archive

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Half Of New Hampshire Residents Buy Local Farm Food At Least A Few Times A Month, But Engagement Varies By County, Jess Carson, Analena Bruce, Isaac Leslie

Carsey Publications

Getting local farm food to customers in ways that make financial and logistical sense for both farmers and consumers has long challenged the growth of direct-to-consumer sales. And despite a surge of interest in local foods spurred by the pandemic, there have been few data sources available to farmers and local food advocates for measuring consumers’ contemporary engagement with local food systems and market types.

In this brief, Jess Carson, Analena Bruce, and Isaac Leslie describe data collected in the May 2021 Granite State Poll and find that while more than 80 percent of Granite Staters report buying local farm …