Outreach, News & Events

Public Outreach & Support

Technical advice or resources have been provided to the following companies and organizations:

DOMESTIC

Ideal Compost (Commercial Operation) - August 2017
Northeast Resource Recovery Association - May 2017
Wolfe’s Neck Farm, ME - March, 2017
Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. - February, 2017
Strongwater Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center, MA - November, 2016
Lewis Farm, NH - November, 2016
Alternative Energy Associates, NJ - May 2016
Neal Sanders, NH (Fiction Novelist) - September 2015
Brixham Montessori Friends Elementary School, ME - September 2015
Razzano Farm, New Jersey - May 2015
Ideal Compost, Peterborough, NH - July 2014
Moor Farm/Stewardship & Sustainability, Durham, NH - May 2014
Seacoast Energy Alternatives, Dover, NH - March 2014
Hall and Moskow Real Estate, Newburyport, MA - February 2014
The Peters Company, Lee, NH - February 2014
Aquaponics & Compost Heat Recovery Venture, Manchester, NH - February 2014
Payeur Farm Composting, Parsonsfield, ME - September 2013
Fox Composting, Dover, NH - January 2013

INTERNATIONAL

Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic - July 2017
Fusion Expert Consulting, Inc, Canada - April 2017
LM Tree Solutions, United Kingdom - February 2016
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan - October 2015
Superior Technical School of Architecture (ETSAM), Madrid, Spain - September 2015
Earthbank Resource Systems Ltd., British Columbia, Canada - July 2014

News & Events

USDA Northeastern Climate Hub visit

December 14, 2014

A group of ten principal investigators and cooperating scientists from the USDA Northeastern Climate Hub visited the farm and toured the facility.

UNH Names Innovative Composting Facility after Sustainable Agriculture Pioneer

May 30, 2014

Naming of the UNH Named Innovative Composting Facility for Sustainable Agriculture Pioneer, Josh Nelson. A major event sponsored by the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and the NHAES marking the dedication of the composting facility for an innovator in sustainable agricultural technologies. Attendance was about 40 and the press release describing the event was picked up by more than 40 local, regional and national news sources from as far away as Oregon and Florida....

Recent Presentations

Heat recovery from composting: Past, Present and Future, at US Composting Council & Trade Show, Los Angeles, CA, Monday, January 23, 2017

Smith, M. 2017. Heat recovery from composting: Past, Present and Future. US Composting Council Conference & Trade Show. January 23 - 26. Los Angeles, CA

Organic Diary Research Farm at the University of New Hampshire, at Harvard Grazing Symposium, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Aber, J., Smith, M., Leach, A. 2016. Organic Diary Research Farm at the University of New Hampshire. Harvard Forest Grazing Symposium, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA. September 7-8

Recovering heat from composting for hot water heating and greenhouse gas mitigation, at Food Waste-to-Low Carbon Energy Conference at Rutgers University, Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Smith, M. 2016. Recovering heat from composting for hot water heating and greenhouse gas mitigation. Food Waste-to-Low Carbon Energy Conference at Rutgers University. April 27-28. New Brunswick, NJ.

Closing Loop: Nutrient and Energy Implications of Operating a Heat Recovery Composting Facility, at Tin Mountain Conservation Center Ecological Forum, Conway, NH, Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Smith, M. 2016. Closing Loop: Nutrient and Energy Implications of Operating a Heat Recovery Composting Facility. Tin Mountain Conservation Center Ecological Forum. April 12. Conway, NH.

Composting and thermal energy system at the UNH Organic Research Dairy Farm, at Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Winter Conference, Burlington, VT, Saturday, February 13, 2016

Smith, M. 2016. Composting and thermal energy system at the UNH Organic Research Dairy Farm. Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Winter Conference. February 13, 2016. Burlington, VT.

Heat recovery from composting: An innovative method for season extension and nutrient recovery, at New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs Annual Meeting, Derry, NH, Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Smith, M. 2015. Heat recovery from composting: An innovative method for season extension and nutrient recovery. New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs Annual Meeting. September 22, 2015. Derry, NH.

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