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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…
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“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…
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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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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.
The Ecology Essentials for Everyone course is essential for anyone looking to understand how the world really works – with or without us humans. You'll develop a strong understanding of ecological principles, scientific thinking, and how to live more lightly on the Earth. Register today!...
These days, it seems that everyone has a better, purportedly more sustainable way to farm: organic agriculture, carbon-farming, regenerative agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, permaculture, and sustainable intensification. As alternatives to synthetic and extractive forms of industrial agriculture abound, it can be tough to tell which have...
The present climate and ecological emergencies are a global problem that requires immediate action. We must work together to find solutions that will help to mitigate these crises. Enroll into Climate + Change self-paced and online. Starting at $49! https://hubs.la/Q01yhLCC0
Ivy Manner's Senior Year Research Project was entitled 'Ecological Building & Design' where she designed and built an outhouse from scratch, including felling, extraction, sawing, and building.
Read how The Berry Center has reinvented farming in Henry County, Kentucky.
The Berry Center and Our Home Place Meat help small farmers make a living producing sustainable, humane veal.
New issue of our annual publication, Terrain, has dropped. Take a read.
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The Ecology Essentials for Everyone course is essential for anyone looking to understand how the world really works – with or without us humans. You'll develop a strong understanding of eco principles & scientific thinking.. Register today! https://t.co/7pIft3TION https://t.co/rJvumQUo1o
The present climate and ecological emergencies are a global problem that requires immediate action. We must work together to find solutions that will help to mitigate these crises. Enroll into Climate + Change self-paced and online. Starting at $49! https://t.co/rBH0txwC40 https://t.co/4ZeHaexv3r
New issue of our annual publication, Terrain, has dropped. Take a read. https://t.co/UjTrC1dyAl
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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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