New Sterling College Land Unit: The Farm Between, Jeffersonville, Vermont
Sterling has been granted a fantastic opportunity to be the stewards of The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, Vermont, just over thirty miles from Craftsbury on the west side of the…
View moreLessons in Homecoming by Lizzie Camfield
Reprinted with permission from The Berry Center. Lizze Camfield is a student enrolled in Sterling’s Wendell Berry Farming Program. Down a curvy, one lane road in Campbellsburg, Kentucky, sitting atop…
View moreWhat is Next for Chestnuts at Sterling College and in Vermont?
We are on the northern range of where the big majestic tree – American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) – used to call home. We have all heard amazing stories about what…
View moreFrom the Alfond Barn: The Value of Quiet Time With Our Animals, Ourselves
As I approached the Alfond Barn on a cool August morning this summer at Sterling College, all was quiet. Our students were at home, so it was just farm staff…
View morePre and Post COVID-19 Reflections on Andean Diversity & Resilience
As co-instructor for Sterling’s winter intensive course, Mountain Ecotourism and Sustainable Development, I was joined in Peru by Outdoor Education faculty member Josh Bossin and a group of Sterling students. There…
View moreLessons from the Coronavirus Seed Rush
On a grocery shopping trip in advance of Governor Phil Scott’s “stay home, stay safe” order here in Vermont, I noticed the installation of a new seed rack in the…
View moreSterling Farm Responses to COVID-19 Food Security Challenges
In the spring of 2020, as the reality of COVID-19 settled in, the Rian Fried Center (RFC) faced both a challenge and a great opportunity. As corporate food production and…
View moreMeet Rachel Hampton
Rachel Hampton, 27, is a member of the Wendell Berry Farming Program class of 2021. She comes to Sterling with an academic background in music and business, after a stint…
View moreWhy Get A Degree in Outdoor Education?
You love the outdoors and want to spend as much time outside as possible. You enjoy the continual and ever-changing challenges that climate and geography can bring every day. You…
View moreExploring Natural Places in Vermont
So often, we don’t take advantage of exploring where we are. Sometimes, we forget to explore or live in the place where we hang our hat and lay our heads….
View moreClimate Change is Real: Join the Fight for Climate Justice
Sterling College is proud of its half-century of pursuing learning about and engaging with the natural world. In 2019, it placed itself among the first colleges to make a commitment…
View moreShaping Our Thoughts on Pottery: A Photo Journal
Students reflect and highlight the creative process of creating pottery at Muddy Creek Pottery in Wolcott, Vermont. “There isn’t really a difference in my mind from one cup to another…
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