The School of the New American Farmstead
Professional Certificates to launch your career
Give your passion for food and farming the time and space it deserves. Explore professional opportunities and lifestyle choices that will feed your body, mind, and soul. Learn to replenish the land, relish its bounty, and revive time-tested culinary and agricultural arts–in Vermont’s majestic Northeast Kingdom, Brunnenburg Castle & Agricultural Museum in the Italian Alps, the dairy region of the Upper Loire Valley of France, and Point Reyes, California.
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In a world where colleges, like big box stores, look increasingly alike, Sterling is unlike any other school in the nation. Which is why you need to visit. Breathe the fresh, mountain air on our rural Vermont campus. Watch our draft horses at work and tour our woodlands, greenhouses, classrooms, and studios. Relish a farm-to-table lunch with Sterling faculty and students.
See for yourself that it’s possible to learn in a place where you can live your values. Schedule a visit now. (And wear your work boots.)
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Allison Hooper named Chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees
As of July 1, Allison Hooper will serve as chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees, following Peter Chehayl who has held the position since 2017. Allison was first…
View moreIn Memory of Michael Phillips
“We are not at the end of a rope, as it’s so easy to think. Humanity can yet choose to turn direction. The moment has come to leap into action…
View moreDiverse Voices Fellowship
Sterling College is now accepting applications for a new online course on the art of food and environmental writing, with tuition-free fellowships funded by Penguin Random House and other donors….
View moreDr. Lori Collins-Hall Appointed Interim President of Sterling College
The Sterling College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Lori Collins-Hall as interim president of the college, effective November 1, 2021. Dr. Collins-Hall’s appointment follows the departure of Matthew Derr,…
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Technology Helpdesk Tuesday + Taxonomy Tuesday
September 27, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Mid-week Movement Class with Charlotte Feinberg 1958 room
September 28, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Sterling acknowledges that the land on which we gather—places now known as Vermont and Kentucky—are the traditional and unceded territories of several indigenous peoples: the Abenaki in the North and the Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Osage people to the South. We also learn in-and-from a range of landscapes that belong to other indigenous peoples.
As we seek deep reciprocal relationships with nature, we respect and honor the place-based and cultural wisdom of indigenous ancestors and contemporaries. Words of acknowledgement and intention are just a first step. We must match them with acts of respect and repair.
Spotted this morning. Hats off to the impending return of students! We are ten days away from arrival day!!! 💜
Jes Scribner '17 has taken the sustainability of small-scale agriculture into her own hands or should we say she has put the opportunity to farm in other people's hands. She owns @birdhous_ , a 49-acre property in Barton, Vermont that operates as...
Just reading this makes us hungry. Let's give a round of applause to the farm and kitchen crews who make this happen, day in, day out!
These colleges and universities use technology and local partnerships to provide students with fresh, nutritious food.
Sterling College’s Office of Continuing Education is offering full tuition funding to military veterans who attend its agroecological farming and craft food production courses. The continuing education courses are open to all learners and aim to sustain healthy working landscapes, nourish communities, and support food...
Food waste isn't good anywhere, but food waste on farms (i.e., food loss) is a major missed opportunity. Excess food production yields environmental harms and represents missed opportunities for farm viability, community resilience, and nourished bodies. Spend an afternoon with Salvation Farms founder Theresa Snow...
Fern Steficek '19 is quoted (and pictured!) in this week's New York Times feature about farmers getting priced out in the Hudson Valley. "In 2020, Fern Steficek set out to raise sheep and grow plants for natural dyes in the Hudson Valley. She began searching...
Just an example of the sweet rides 🚲 you'll see around campus. There is a small fleet of Green Bikes that anyone in the Sterling Community can use for intercampus transportation. Currently, we have about 20 bicycles which are maintained by students through the Work Program. https://t.co/chaXOEPyA2
Spend 66 days in the High Sierras. Need a reason why? We got a few for you. https://t.co/MvY82qvFPL
No captions necessary. Just a collection of the photos and 😊 we collected on arrival day. https://t.co/09MwjNI38u
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Allison Hooper named Chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees
As of July 1, Allison Hooper will serve as chair of the Sterling College Board of Trustees, following Peter Chehayl who has held the position since 2017. Allison was first…
View moreSterling College Receives $200K VOREC Grant to Make Outdoor Recreation More Accessible in Craftsbury
Sterling College has been awarded a $200,000 community grant from the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) to help establish a public-facing outdoor recreation hub as part of its vision…
View moreA Woman of Many Parts
Katie Connor is, to use an old-fashioned phrase, a woman of many parts. She is or has been (deep breath here): A licensed boat captain, commercial fisherperson, research vessel crew,…
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