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Fully Immersed

In a normal year, nursing students begin their senior practicum during the last semester before they graduate. But as COVID-19 has repeatedly proven, nothing has been normal since the pandemic began.

Summertime at Woodman Farm

The Woodman Horticultural Research Farm focuses on the research, teaching, and outreach on the production of horticultural and ornamental crops. Research projects includeÌýIntegrated Pest Management (reduce dependence on pesticide applications), pollinator habitat assessment, usingÌýhigh tunnels to hasten and extend the growing season for fruits and vegetables, using reflective plastic mulches to increase per-acre yields of vegetables, evaluatingÌýseedless table grape and eggplantÌývarieties, breeding organic strawberries, redomesticatingÌýquinoa in New Hampshire, and leadingÌýthe most expansive kiwiberry breeding research project in the nation.