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Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
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Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
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First-Party Cookies:
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What They Do:
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Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
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A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
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How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
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What device, browser, or location the user is from
What They Track:
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Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
4. Microsoft Edge
Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
Encouraging Agricultural Innovation.
Training Students in Agricultural Technology.
Exploring Practical Farming Needs.
Why Innovation on Small Farms?
We realize that small farms face many challenges, but from challenges come innovations. We aim to support those innovations by developing a project-based learning curriculum that connects farmers to a collaborative team of students, faculty, Extension, and agriculture service providers, to help bring your ideas to fruition. Each project will recruit students from the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources to work with you and lead the design of these new farm innovations!
Our Goals
What started out as the Storrs Agricultural School in 1881 after a 170-acre farmland donation, UConn—which also went by the name Connecticut Agriculture College in the early 1900s—remains dedicated to teaching students about the importance of agricultural sciences.
We’re excited to be able to help local farmers explore ideas that will benefit the practical needs of their agricultural businesses,
Dr. Tim Vadas
Now, with the support of a USDA Higher Education Challenge grant (USDA NIFAAward no. 2024-70003-41449), UConn’s College of Engineering (CoE) and College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), are enhancing agricultural education by assisting Connecticut farmers through an Innovation on Small Farms Project. Our goals are to:
Provide farmers with help to explore and/or design innovative ideas for their farm.
Provide students from the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources a practical, project-based, agricultural design experience
Encourage agriculture focused career paths for students
Share our approach with other educators across the country
This conference is held annually in January; students and farmers represented to showcase important research findings and lay the groundwork for future collaboration and innovation.
Students demonstrate their results of their research, collaborations and their projects! This event is held annually at the end of every spring semester and open to the public.
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