New Hampshire
How a new greenhouse project in Berlin aims to help produce more local food sustainably
Development is anticipated to start out within the coming months on two giant greenhouses in Berlin that would yield as much as 15 million heads of lettuce and eight million kilos of tomatoes yearly.
The challenge by Boston-based American Ag Vitality goals to provide native grocery shops with produce as early as subsequent spring, utilizing two 10-acre greenhouses that can function year-round.
“I feel there’s simply so many benefits to rebuilding our meals system to encourage a extra native mannequin,” stated challenge supervisor Jack Daley.
Proper now, solely 12% of the meals New Englanders eat is grown within the area, based on New England Meals Options. Local weather advocates and farmers have stated native meals manufacturing fashions can bolster local weather resiliency.
The salad greens produced within the Berlin greenhouse would account for just one% of lettuce in New Englanders’ diets, based on American Ag Vitality CEO Richard Rosen.
However Daley stated indoor meals manufacturing can assist meet native meals wants sustainably.
“Once you take a look at a whole lot of the challenges the globe is going through — provide chain, water shortage — actually all of these challenges will be met by indoor rising,” Daley stated.
Indoor meals manufacturing makes use of solely a fraction of the water utilized by out of doors farming fashions, to not point out much less land, based on Rosen. Research have discovered that greenhouses and indoor farms have diminished water use by anyplace from 90-95%.
The operation can be powered by a pure fuel pipeline as soon as utilized by Berlin’s paper mills and can use the waste warmth produced in electrical energy technology to warmth the greenhouses. They’ll additionally make use of rainwater for irrigation.
“Moreover, we get better the carbon dioxide that’s generated within the manufacturing of the waste warmth, and it’s utilized to assist the photosynthetic course of that enables vegetation to develop,” Rosen stated.
Planning for the challenge began in 2017. After assembly with Berlin group members, going by means of state allowing processes, acquiring EPA permits and getting into right into a tax settlement with the town, American Ag Vitality expects to start out development on their first greenhouse in July or August.
The operation can be run by a subsidiary of American Ag Vitality known as North Nation Growers. Daley stated it’s anticipated to offer 80 to 85 jobs.
The corporate can be taking a look at different websites in Berlin and hopes to assemble an extra 30 acres of greenhouse area.
New Hampshire
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New Hampshire State Police responded to a crash Friday evening on Interstate 95 northbound in Portsmouth.
The crash happened near Exit 5 and closed the highway in the northbound direction, but police said around 7:45 p.m. that one lane had reopened.
Authorities did not have any word on injuries.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible. Delays and detours are expected.
No further details were immediately available.
CONTACT:
Heidi Holman, NH Fish and Game: 603-271-2461
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Cooperative Extension: (603) 862-5327
January 10, 2025
Concord, NH — Butterflies serve as important biodiversity indicators for ecosystem health and provide food for many speciess, such as migrating birds. There are more than 100 typess of butterflies in New Hampshire, but data on their presence and distribution is limited. With butterflies using forests, fields, wetlands, and backyards all over the state, volunteer observations are critical to providing a landscape view of these species.
A five-part online training series hosted by the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network will provide information on butterflies in New Hampshire, butterfly biology and identification, and how to get involved with the Network. The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is a collaborative effort with a goal of engaging volunteers in counting and identifying butterflies across New Hampshire. Data collected by volunteers can contribute to the understanding of long-term trends in butterfly populations and inform conservation actions for both common and declining species.
Webinars in the series will include:
February 12, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Intro to New Hampshire Butterflies
Mark Ellingwood, Wildlife Biologist and Volunteer with the Harris Center for Conservation Education
February 26, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Wetland Butterflies of New Hampshire
Rick Van de Poll, Ecologist and Certified Wetland Scientist
March 12, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Butterflying New Hampshire’s Woodlands
Levi Burford, Coordinator of the Errol Butterfly Count
March 26, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Identifying New Hampshire’s Grassland Butterflies
Amy Highstrom, Coordinator of the Lake Sunapee Butterfly Count, and Vanessa Johnson, NH Audubon
April 9, 6:30–7:30 p.m.: Become a Volunteer Guide with NH Butterfly Monitoring Network
Haley Andreozzi, UNH Extension
All butterfly enthusiasts are welcome, with or without prior experience. For more information and to register for the session(s) you are interested in, visit nhbutterflies.org.
The NH Butterfly Monitoring Network is led by the NH Fish and Game Department and UNH Cooperative Extension with collaboration from partners statewide, including NH Audubon, Tin Mountain Conservation Center, the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust.
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