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Date: 24 Jun 2015
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Students Pick Local Strawberries for Campus Dining Hall

On Tuesday morning, the Hampshire College Farm crew teamed up with students attending the summer Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute (FFSI) to pick nearly 700 pounds of local strawberries at historic Warner Farm in Sunderland, MA. The purpose of the trip was not only to provide a fun learning experience for the summer farm crew and FFSI students but also to harvest berries that Bon Appetit will use in pursuit of
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greenhouse
Date: 23 Jun 2015
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Part II: National Science Foundation Course Envisions Renewable Energy Systems on Hampshire’s Farm

Guest Post by Joshua Minot F12 Continued from Part I Professor Fred Wirth and Farmer Pete Solis extol the design features of the farm’s wind turbine. In their second week at Hampshire College, students enrolled in the National Science Foundation Course Clean Energy Technology and Sustainable Agriculture moved on to investigate wind power and solar thermal technologies. Fred Wirth, associate professor of physics
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Date: 22 Jun 2015
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Part I: National Science Foundation Course Envisions Renewable Energy Systems on Hampshire’s Farm

Guest Post by Joshua Minot F12 From June 8th through 18th, Hampshire College was home to a National Science Foundation supported course that explores topics of sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and manners in which the two can compliment each other. As part of a broader six-week course in partnership with Holyoke Community College and The University of Massachusetts Amherst, the time spent at Hampshire serve
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Equipment
Date: 09 Mar 2015
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Highlighted Course: Mark Feinstein’s Agriculture, Culture, and Ecology of West Ireland

Spaces are still available for Mark Feinstein’s incredible interdisciplinary course in West Ireland this summer! Learn about the intersections of agriculture, culture, and ecology in one of the most beautiful places in the world: THE WEST OF IRELAND: agriculture, culture and ecology CS-242S Instructor: Mark Feinstein Course dates: May 28 – June 11, 2015. Fee: $2100 plus airfare. There is still room available in
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in the fields
Date: 24 Feb 2015
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2015 Internships, Apprenticeships, and Employment – Pioneer Valley Farms

This list is frequently updated. Please check back often! Employment Opportunities: Queen’s Greens, a small, diversified vegetable operation in North Amherst is currently hiring for the 2015 growing season. Seeking candidate that has 1+ years experience in field work. Greenhouse, washroom and other experience a plus. Contact Danya: kingcreek.queensgreens@gmail.com Warner Farm, a 10th generation family farm in Sunderl
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Poster: Vang - Map of My Kingdom
Date: 10 Feb 2015
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Performances about Contemporary Farming at UMass in March

Mary Swander, Iowa’s Poet Laureate and founder of the national organization Agarts will present two plays at Bowker Auditorium this spring as part of her artist’s residency centered around agriculture and the arts at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The plays, Vang and Map of My Kingdom, both tackle urgent social, political, and economic issues facing America’s farmers today. Mary will accompany th
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Date: 11 Jul 2014
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Hampshire Hosts Screening of Local Farming Documentary

On Wednesday night, over 130 people gathered at Hampshire’s Red Barn to view the live broadcast of WGBY’s new documentary “A Long Row in Fertile Ground.” The event was spurred by Hampshire’s Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute, an 8 credit academic program with students hailing from as far East as China and as far south as Georgia. The FFS students have visited several area farms th
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Date: 02 Jul 2014
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A Living Laboratory at the Hampshire College Farm

The academic buildings tend to be quiet at Hampshire College during the summer. But down at the Hampshire College Farm, our 15 acres of vegetable fields and 65 acres of pasture serve as a living classroom and laboratory for the students of our 6 week Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute. Brian Schultz, Professor of Entomology and Ecology, is currently leading students in a hands-on experiment at the farm. With th
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Greens Harvest
Date: 16 Apr 2014
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The Hampshire College Farm Marketplace

This morning we awoke to a thin blanket of snow, but the vibrant green blades of grass poking through prevailed and now this afternoon the sun is shining brightly on the rolling green fields of Hampshire’s campus. We are recovering from a very long winter, but even on the dreariest days there has always been a bit of green growing at the Hampshire College Farm. With the guidance of Hampshire’s CSA Manager
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seedling
Date: 06 Sep 2013
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Local Food, Global Interest

Arriving on the Hampshire College campus to take part in the summer 2013 Food, Farm and Sustainability Institute, Enli Li and Mengxiao Wang found themselves immersed in a new culture.
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meadowlands
Date: 05 Sep 2013
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Transforming Lawns into Meadows

If picturing a New England college campus in their minds, many people would see wide expanses of close-cropped lawn. Here at Hampshire College, sustainability-minded students had a different image.
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