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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New Resources for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work
Recognizing that here in Craftsbury, in this nation, and around the world, people are mobilizing to make personal commitments to address long standing injustice and to work to build more…
View moreAllison Van Akkeren Announces her Retirement
Dear Sterling College Community, It is with a mixed heart I write this letter to share with you that I am retiring from my employment at Sterling College. When I…
View moreSterling College Announces the Election of Officers
Sterling College Announces the Election of Officers Six members of the Sterling College Board of Trustees have been elected to serve as officers. Peter Chehayl, MBA, CPA; Chair. An alumni…
View moreHeidi Myers Appointed Associate Dean of Marketing & Communications
Heidi Myers Appointed Associate Dean of Marketing & Communications Vermont native Heidi Myers has joined the staff of Sterling College to fill the newly created position of Associate Dean for…
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Student Life Council
April 21, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Sterling uses education as a force to address critical ecological problems caused by unlimited growth and consumption that is destroying the planet as we have known it, such as:
Fossil fuel dependence and rapid climate change.
Destruction of biodiversity and loss of wild places.
Promotion of harmful agricultural practices that threaten human and natural communities.
Persistence of structural oppression that impacts human and ecological wellbeing.
Deterioration of civil society through estrangement from community, nature, and place.
Our vision is informed and guided by five competencies gained through learning assessed by our faculty:
Achieve a sophisticated understanding of, and personal engagement with, ecological systems.
Understand societies and cultures as dynamic and complex systems of relationships and interdependencies.
Use research and creative endeavor to explore concepts, experiences, and artifacts.
Articulate ideas and share information clearly, using a diversity of approaches.
Demonstrate effective, knowledgeable, skilled, and responsible leadership in community.
Conversations for Our Time: The Deeper Dive offers a long moment, in exceptional company, for shared, in-depth exploration of meaning amidst the profound predicaments and interlocking crises of today.
What underlies these diverse strands – economic crisis, political crisis, biodiversity crisis, food...
Things are on a roll at Sterling (pun intended). Last Tuesday, the Sterling Kitchen hosted a Sushi Workshop featuring Faroe salmon and Ahi tuna from Stowe Seafood. Director of Dining Services, Liz Chadwick '14, demonstrated how to make Spicy Tuna, Salmon Avocado, and Philadelphia rolls...
Less than two decades ago, the idea of a food-traceable agriculture movement was niche. Today, farm-to-table has changed the way we, as a society, relate to our food. Adjunct Faculty Member in Environmental Humanities, Prin van Gulden, feels sustainable textiles are poised to be the...
Greetings from the deserts and canyons of the Southwest.
Currently the semester course is 2 months into its 3 month journey of growth and discovery. We made our way through historical snowstorms in order to reach the Rio Grande River in...
Josh Bossin, Faculty at Sterling College, speaks to the merits of the Outdoor Education program. Students enrolled in this degree track spend 115 plus days in the field. This is not common in most Outdoor Education degree programs. Add to that a strong focus on...
President Matthew Derr said that Sterling's move to implement land acknowledgments grew naturally out of its relationship with Chief Stevens and the local Abenaki community.
“We’re in a relationship where we’re trying to be responsive and trying to be clear that we...
Vt. schools embrace land acknowledgements
As societies around the world continue to confront and acknowledge their troubled histories of mistreating Indigenous Peoples, land acknowledgements are becoming increasingly common.
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Apr 21, 2021 @ 12:43pm
Things are falling apart.
We know it even if we don't want to admit it.
#SurvivingTheFuture : Conversations For Our Time is a space, a long moment, to pull back and reflect, together.
To ask, what stories do we want our lives to tell in such times?
https://t.co/vADJiBHJQY https://t.co/N8spMRdZ2b
Things are falling apart.
We know it even if we don't want to admit it.
#SurvivingTheFuture : Conversations For Our Time is a space, a long moment, to pull back and reflect, together.
To ask, what stories do we want our lives to tell in such times?
https://t.co/vADJiBHJQY https://t.co/N8spMRdZ2b
Mar 29, 2021 @ 7:04am
Sterling College was granted an incredible opportunity to be stewards of The Farm Between. Learn more: https://t.co/4UZ0v7NGcG
Sterling College was granted an incredible opportunity to be stewards of The Farm Between. Learn more: https://t.co/4UZ0v7NGcG
Mar 24, 2021 @ 7:15pm
Our Outdoor Education students spend an unprecedented 115 plus days in the field. So swap your teacup for a water bottle. At Sterling, we believe in working hands, working minds. https://t.co/WcuvBVw9TB
Our Outdoor Education students spend an unprecedented 115 plus days in the field. So swap your teacup for a water bottle. At Sterling, we believe in working hands, working minds. https://t.co/WcuvBVw9TB
Mar 12, 2021 @ 8:57am
Sterling College seeks new colleagues for the following positions to help us advance our mission of ecological thinking and action.
https://t.co/DyKpOt7R0a
Sterling College seeks new colleagues for the following positions to help us advance our mission of ecological thinking and action.
https://t.co/DyKpOt7R0a
Mar 10, 2021 @ 10:58am
Textile production & fast fashion are part of the climate-change crisis.. Sterling uses ed as a force to address critical ecological problems caused by unlimited growth and consumption. The fiber arts program is a component of this mission. https://t.co/gmYgK0P5q1
Textile production & fast fashion are part of the climate-change crisis.. Sterling uses ed as a force to address critical ecological problems caused by unlimited growth and consumption. The fiber arts program is a component of this mission. https://t.co/gmYgK0P5q1
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