by David Brooks | May 14, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Yes, you can help save the planet, nurture the pollinators and strengthen the food chain from the comfort of your couch! Come learn about a growing movement called “No Mow May” where letting your yard grow wild provides a critical bridge for insect...
by David Brooks | May 13, 2025 | Blog
From UNH News: Cutting the grass less may actually be better for the environment. Research shows that trimming the number of times you run the mower around the yard can help create more biodiverse ecosystems, reduce carbon emissions, build soil organic matter and...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
In 2018 I wrote about a company called Freight Farms that had grew lettuce for Concord’s Marriott Hotel inside one of its hydroponic trailers. It was one of several indoor-crop-growing startups that garnered a lot of attention at the time. Alas, it just went...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The weekly list of New Hampshire-related patents has been on hold because of problems caused by Doge team’s uninformed “efficiency” (ha!) drive amid federal agencies. Targeted News Service has fixed the problem. (Links to each patent can be found...
by David Brooks | May 9, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
A team of UNH undergrads built an electric ultralight plane. UNH News reports “the team worked on the aircraft over the past year – about 5,000 to 6,000 man hours – to design and build the full-scale ultralight piloted electric aircraft. All the...
by David Brooks | May 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Over 30 years, the average coldest temperature reached during the year in Concord – a cloudless night in mid-winter, usually – has risen more than 7 degrees Fahrenheit, one of the fastest increases in the country, reports Axios Generate. (full story here)...
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