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November 18, 2019
Sterling College President Matthew Derr spoke to Comcast Newsmakers host Eric Clemons this fall about higher education’s purpose to serve the common good, and how Sterling is doing this by advancing ecological thinking and action through its experiential academic offerings. Watch the interview here.
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...
Our food systems are designed to commodify, not to nourish. Want to learn and cultivate something better? Check out Food Systems Thinking, a fully remote and asynchronous class from Continuing Education at Sterling College. Learn more: https://www.ce.sterlingcollege.edu/food-systems-thinking
Often forgotten in the realm of textiles, mushrooms have long been used as natural dyes, yielding some of nature's most vibrant colors. Learn to use fungi to create beautiful, vibrant, and nontoxic dyes perfect for any natural fiber. We will spend Saturday in the forest,...
Meet Victoria (she/her), a current student majoring in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and our Senior Work Program Admission Ambassador. One thing she loves about Sterling is the ability to shape your experience to best suit your own needs: what classes you take, what you...
