#TeachAgDSA18 Guest Blog: Day Three - Hamming it up in New Hampshire!

Editor's Note:
What is a Domestic Study Away? 
A Domestic Study Away (DSA) is a non-credit experience where a group of students travel to a State to explore the following:  

1. What does #AgEdu look like in other states? How is the total model of school-based agricultural education (Classroom Instruction, Youth Leadership Development <FFA> and Work-based learning <SAE>) uniquely provided? 
2. Who are the #AgEdu Stakeholders in the state? Specifically, what agricultural industry is being served? 
3. A unique yearly selected professional development topic! This year is a little bit different in that we will be striving to answer an inquiry each day as we explore agricultural education across New England. Each question connects to the big idea of diversity in agriculture.

You can virtually-engage with this experience by reading and commenting on the daily blogs and following the experience on Twitter and Facebook with our hashtag #TeachAgDSA18. 

We could not complete this transformative learning experience with out the incredible support of our partners including: The Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Educators, The Penn State Center for Professional and Personnel Development , and the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. 

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DAY 3: New Hampshire

We started our trip today with breakfast at Heritage Farm Pancake House. We enjoyed a family-style, farm-to-table breakfast. There were over 15 flavor choices including white raspberry, blue banana, birthday cake, and apple cinnamon. They had chickens, ducks, goats, horses and a friendly dog named Fern. 

Before lunch, we toured Winnisquam Regional High School where #PSUAgEd14 member Mike Petrun (@PetrunMichaelG) is currently an agriculture instructor. We listened to and provided feedback to students completing their capstone projects. Their projects ranged from stone wall construction, horse driving, taxidermy, and forestry. Mr. Petrun is truly "Stationed by the Owl" as he gave the future agricultural educators his words of wisdom as preparation for their student teaching experiences in the spring of 2019. 

In the afternoon, we had a tour of Pleasant View Garden's greenhouses and growing facilities. Mr. Huntington gave us a tour of the facilities at Pleasant View Garden, where they produce Proven Winner flowers, and herb plants.  He helped us understand more of how their facilities run including the Ag Mechanic side of things like the wood chip burner to heat the greenhouses. 





He also explained their drip irrigation system, and how it waters both their hanging baskets and their liners. He detailed how their shipping system works and how they are able to ship to various states up and down East coast.  Mr. Huntington was kind enough to show us his hydroponic lettuce systems. He sells to both restaurants and local retailers.

Check out the video blog from day three and stay tuned for tomorrow's recap!

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You can virtually-engage with this experience by reading and commenting on the daily blogs and following the experience on Twitter and Facebook with our hashtag #TeachAgDSA18. 

Neve Consylman (@NeveConsylman), Member of #psuaged21 

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Nicole Guise (TwitterlessNicole), Member of #psuaged21

Guest Bloggers for the 6th annual @TeachAgPSU Domestic Study Away - #TeachAgDSA18