Trisha Lasar

For Laura Dutile, farming is a way of life.

Courtesy of UNH Marketing Department Some people spend years searching for the work they were meant to do. Others realize in hindsight that every experience prepared them for it. Raised between family traditions of education and agriculture, Kendall Kunelius grew up believing both were part of everyday life. She entered the University of New Hampshire imagining an equine career, but national and international competition through the UNH Woodsmen Team broadened her understanding of agriculture...

Some people raise crops; others help raise the people who will care for them. Jenn Barton Scarinza has devoted her career to helping young people and the educators who teach them gain a deeper understanding of the land through farming, forestry, maple sugaring and her role as New Hampshire’s Project Learning Tree Coordinator. Jenn believes a child’s connection to agriculture may begin simply: what matters most is that they learn to care by planting a seed, identifying a tree, gathering sap or...