Fields of Learning

Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement in North America is the first book to profile an exciting and potentially revolutionary trend in higher education: the establishment of working, on-campus farms where students with different backgrounds and majors can gain hands-on experience growing and marketing organic food. Of remarkably diverse sizes, crop and livestock varieties, management structures, and institutional settings, these programs give students an opportunity to ground classroom learning in real-world experience. Fields of Learning is a practical guide to student farm management and a compelling series of reflections on the methods and benefits of engaging college students in organic food production as a proving ground for sustainability. Book jacket.

Laura Sayre is a postdoctoral researcher with the French National Institute for Agronomic Research and a former senior writer for the Rodale Institute's NewFarm.org. Sean Clark teaches in and currently chairs the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Berea College in Kentucky.

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Introduction: The Student Farm Movement in Context	p. 1
Roots
Berea College (1871): The Work College Legacy	p. 31
Wilmington College (1946): Balancing Education and Profitability	p. 51
Sterling College (1962): Working Hands, Working Minds	p. 69
Back to the Land
Evergreen State College (1972): Interdisciplinary Studies in Sustainable Agriculture	p. 89
University of Oregon (1976): Designing for Change	p. 109
University of California, Davis (1977): Moving from the Margins toward the Center	p. 129
Hampshire College (1978): The Agricultural Liberal Arts	p. 149
Coming of Age
University of Maine (1994): Majoring in Sustainable Ag	p. 173
Central Carolina Community College (1995): Growing New Farmers	p. 192
Prescott College (1996): Agroecology as the Cultivation of Soil and Mind	p. 209
University of Montana (1997): Agriculturally Supported Community	p. 227
New Directions
University of British Columbia (2000): The Improbable Farm in the World City	p. 249
New Mexico State University (2002): Planting an OASIS	p. 269
Michigan State University (2003): Four-Season Student Farming	p. 289
Yale University (2003): A Well-Rounded Education	p. 306
Conclusion: Starting a Student Farm	p. 323
Appendix: An Inventory of Student Farm Projects in the United States and Canada	p. 333
Further Reading	p. 341
List of Contributors	p. 345
Index	p. 351
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