Alumni Spotlight: Abbey Dearwester ’18
Name: Abbey Dearwester ’18 Education: BA in Ecology Current Hometown: Moab, Utah Employment: Interpretive Park Ranger – National Park Service Other Interests: Cycling, avid hiker and explorer of the desert…
View moreWendell Berry Farming Program Student Profile : Gabriel Francisco
My name is Gabriel Francisco, and I am from a small town called Paw Paw in Southwestern Michigan. I grew up on a small farm which is now in the…
View moreWendell Berry Farming Program Student Profile : AugustLee Gramig
AugustLee Gramig (she, her) is a student from Louisville, Kentucky, in the Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College (WBFP), located in Henry County, Kentucky. She is a fiber artist,…
View moreA Look Back at February at The Farm Between
The Farm Between is currently taking orders and eCommerce page will be live in mid-March. The Farm Between hosted its first student group of 2021 as part of Sterling College’s…
View moreAlumni Spotlight: Kesha Medina ’18
Name: Kesha Medina ’18 Education: BA Sustainable Food Systems & Environmental Humanities — Kesha is currently, studying to be a Shinrin Yoku (Forest Therapy) Guide and a Yoga Instructor Current…
View moreA Conversation with Emily Wade : A Wendell Berry Farming Program Student
The Wendell Berry Farming Program of Sterling College offers a tuition-free junior and senior year farming curriculum focused on ecological management of livestock, pasture, and forest using draft animals and…
View moreSterling’s Self-Sufficiency Task Force & the Role of Low-Carbon Storage Crops in Increasing Community Food Sovereignty
In response to COVID-19, Sterling College mobilized a number of context-specific task forces to assess a way forward for the College amid the public health and economic crises that will…
View moreCommunity Connections Keep Students Learning
At 6 am, Lara Weise, a then senior at Sterling, is feeding the horses. She cleans their stalls, and enjoys the quiet morning routine. On this July morning in 2020,…
View moreThe Legendary John Zaber ’85 to Retire
From John Zaber: In the old Marshall Tucker Band song “I Heard It In A Love Song” the singer professes his love for his long-time partner, “I ain’t never been…
View moreNew Sterling College Land Unit: The Farm Between, Jeffersonville, Vermont
Sterling has been granted a fantastic opportunity to be the stewards of The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, Vermont, just over thirty miles from Craftsbury on the west side of the…
View moreLessons in Homecoming by Lizzie Camfield
Reprinted with permission from The Berry Center. Lizze Camfield is a student enrolled in Sterling’s Wendell Berry Farming Program. Down a curvy, one lane road in Campbellsburg, Kentucky, sitting atop…
View moreWhat is Next for Chestnuts at Sterling College and in Vermont?
We are on the northern range of where the big majestic tree – American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) – used to call home. We have all heard amazing stories about what…
View moreFrom the Alfond Barn: The Value of Quiet Time With Our Animals, Ourselves
As I approached the Alfond Barn on a cool August morning this summer at Sterling College, all was quiet. Our students were at home, so it was just farm staff…
View morePre and Post COVID-19 Reflections on Andean Diversity & Resilience
As co-instructor for Sterling’s winter intensive course, Mountain Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, I was joined in Peru by Outdoor Education faculty member Josh Bossin and a group of Sterling students. There…
View moreLessons from the Coronavirus Seed Rush
On a grocery shopping trip in advance of Governor Phil Scott’s “stay home, stay safe” order here in Vermont, I noticed the installation of a new seed rack in the…
View moreSterling Farm Responses to COVID-19 Food Security Challenges
In the spring of 2020, as the reality of COVID-19 settled in, the Rian Fried Center (RFC) faced both a challenge and a great opportunity. As corporate food production and…
View moreMeet Rachel Hampton
Rachel Hampton, 27, is a member of the Wendell Berry Farming Program class of 2021. She comes to Sterling with an academic background in music and business, after a stint…
View moreWhy Get A Degree in Outdoor Education?
You love the outdoors and want to spend as much time outside as possible. You enjoy the continual and ever-changing challenges that climate and geography can bring every day. You…
View moreExploring Natural Places in Vermont by Dan Borin
So often, we don’t take advantage of exploring where we are. Sometimes, we forget to explore or live in the place where we hang our hat and lay our heads….
View moreClimate Change is Real: Join the Fight for Climate Justice
Sterling College is proud of its half-century of pursuing learning about and engaging with the natural world. In 2019, it placed itself among the first colleges to make a commitment…
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