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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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In 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,…
View moreSterling School Pioneers Mourn Ginny Hagen, RN
Those Sterling School Pioneers, then aged 14-18, who passed through Sterling School together between 1958 and 1964 have been the beneficiaries of memories of people whose humanity and character have…
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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.
Class starts Friday, May 27th! Participants will use the skills learned to build either a retro pack or ultra light backpacking pack by the end of the workshop!
Four years of college for free, sounds like a dream, right? Not for one deserving student enrolling at Sterling College, VT in our Fall 2022 class. Apply to Sterling to be considered for the Hermit Thrush Scholarship; four-years tuition with room & board. We invest...
Meet Amalia (she/her), Director of Admission Services. "One thing I love about Vermont is that you never know what the day is going to bring. Whether it be the extreme weather or the colorful characters that inhabit the landscape, there is always a surprise ready...
“The thing that I think is so unique about our program is that the humanities really forms the heart of this work, and the rationale is that we recognize the need to re-hitch culture and agriculture,” said Dr. Leah Bayens, Dean of the Wendell Berry...
Around a dozen agrarian enthusiasts were led by faculty of the Wendell Berry Farming Program (WBFP) of Sterling College in a tour of the various classrooms and courses offered in
Students show-off their masterpieces at the Annual Wood & Art Show!
Led by @joefassler, deputy editor for @TheCounter , Writing the Wrongs: Food & Environmental Writing course begins on 4/4. Thanks to a Sterling family and @penguinrandom, we are able to offer a tuition-free Diverse Voices Fellowship. https://t.co/NzXZXxjJwj https://t.co/w8oMTuWU30
Last Chance! 15 Spots Left! https://t.co/y82OqiVjGQ Join @DarkOptimism , @jasonhickel , @drvandanashiva , @robintransition , @KaliAkuno , and more! https://t.co/ToMoxyxbfg
Gear Repair and Design Course! Participants will learn skills such as: hand and machine sewing, field repair techniques, pattern design, material selection, and gear production. Learn More: https://t.co/vWgpzgdek2 https://t.co/XT4KRETEdP
The Food Resilience and Conservation workshop is geared towards those who operate and labor on farms and want to avoid food loss, those who work in food systems,, those working to reduce food loss/waste, and anyone interested in building local resilience. https://t.co/lZutw3CFSn https://t.co/x1DFhozztg
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Sterling 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,…
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…
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