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How can I increase the humidity indoors for my houseplants?
This year's windy cold weather shifts focus to caring for our indoor plants.
To increase indoor humidity for houseplants during dry winter months in New Hampshire, using a portable humidifier near the plants and monitoring humi... Learn More
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The New AI: Can Generative AI Tools Take Drudgery Out of Farm Marketing?
Tools like ChatGPT offer farmers a way to save time and resources on business marketing
Marketing is one of the least loved and most time-intensive tasks for many direct-to-consumer farms. Maintaining an active online presence requires a ... Learn More
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UNH Extension Hires Beginning Farmer Outreach Program Manager
Caroline Beaton joins the Food and Agriculture Program team and will be working on the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant recently... Learn More
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How Trees Grow, Part I
Understanding how trees grow helps arborists and foresters do a better job of caring for trees. In the first of this two-part series, we will focus on... Learn More
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Important Food Safety Information for Flour
Follow these guidelines for safe food handling and consumption of flour
Flour is a raw agricultural product that can become contaminated with Salmonella and pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) while the grain is growing ... Learn More
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Technical Terms in Agricultural Product Labeling [audio]
Episode 11 of the Shared Soil Podcast
Kendall and Rebecca discuss the complexities of agricultural product labels, focusing on terms like "organic," "all natural," and "no hormones added."... Learn More
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UNH Extension Renews MOUs With New Hampshire Counties
New Hampshire counties extend their partnerships with Extension for another six years
Amy Loader, interim director of UNH Cooperative Extension, and UNH President Elizabeth Chilton signed MOUs for all ten counties in New Hampshire. Learn More
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Celebrate Giving Tuesday by Supporting UNH Cooperative Extension
Gifts to Extension’s Health and Well-Being and 4-H Youth Education programs help Granite Staters thrive
The holiday season provides a reminder of the importance of giving back to communities. This Giving Tuesday, December 3, UNH Extension invites you to ... Learn More
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Food Safety Reminders for the Holiday Season
Keep your friends and family safe when gathering for the holidays by properly cooking and baking
Whether you cook for yourself, a small gathering of families or friends or a large crowd, it all begins with safe food handling. Safe steps in food ha... Learn More
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Mindful Eating During the Holidays
When people think of nutrition, they are often thinking about the health or nutrients of the food that they are eating. Certainly, it is important for... Learn More