Draft Animal Power Systems II: Work Applications

In this course, students use horsepower to actively manage the College’s farm and forest. Typical work applications include equipment maintenance, logging, sugaring, soil fertility management, tillage, planting and cultivation. Economic considerations of using horses on the farm will be discussed as we compare and contrast animal-centric versus mechano-centric agriculture power systems.

Course Faculty

Rick Thomas

Rickey G. Thomas

Rick Thomas arrived at his current occupation—that of a horseman—through a series of unique circumstances that lead him to truly believe in fate. His passion for horses extends back to…

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AEE Conference Revisited by Anne Morse

Sterling College Outdoor Education students and faculty spent the weekend at the Northeast Regional Association for Experiential Education conference in Becket, MA.   In an atmosphere of playfulness and engagement, we…

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The Native Side of Sterling

Leonard Sam Mitchell Hatch Evans, Jr. looks for all the world like a full-blooded Irishman – short, well-built, with a bushy red beard. He drinks like a true wahoo and…

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Cultivation of Fungi with Tradd Cotter at School of the New American Farmstead

Can fungi save the world? Tradd Cotter, a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and organic gardener, thinks that they can play a critical role in meeting the challenges of pollution, pandemics, and…

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