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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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. The two students...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Highlighted Course: Mark Feinstein’s Agriculture, Culture, and Ecology of...
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...
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Part I: National Science Foundation Course Envisions Renewable Energy Systems...
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...
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Part II: National Science Foundation Course Envisions Renewable Energy...
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...
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Farm Field Trip Series: Wingate Farm
Join Hampshire College Farmer Jason Dragon and Program Coordinator Jess Wissemann on field trips to local farms! Participants will learn about various sustainable farming practices from the farmers...
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Report: Accounting Systems for the 100% Local Food Challenge By Joshua Minot...
In March of 2015, student interns Joshua Minot F12 and Shelby Gaiss F13 were tasked to track and record Bon Appetit’s local purchasing practices in the context of Hampshire’s 100% Local Food Challenge...
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Fall 2015 Farmer Speaker Series
Introducing a speaker series at the Hampshire College Farm that will bring local farmers and food producers to campus to share their experience and expertise with students. This series is organized by...
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Researching and Raising Gloucester Old Spots
As promised in the previous post, we wanted to provide you with more details on the Gloucester Old Spot breeding program, a student-run project by April Nugent, 15F, funded by the Coppinger Research...
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In Memoriam: Ray Coppinger, founding faculty member of Hampshire College and...
The Hampshire College Farm is saddened by the passing of Ray Coppinger, internationally-renowned animal behaviorist and founding faculty member of both Hampshire College and the Hampshire College Farm....
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Thanks to volunteers, the Hampshire College Fall Festival was a big success!!
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who made the Fall Festival such a success!! From selling popcorn to monitoring traffic, from pressing apple cider to showing off pigs, we really appreciate...
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What’s new? A Hampshire College Food Systems Panel… and Cooking Class!
Here at Hampshire College we continue to make progress on our food systems work. Earlier this fall our Food Systems team conducted a survey of first year students in the dining hall, and discovered...
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Local food systems by the numbers
For those of you who are interested in local food systems, FINE (Farm to Institution New England) has written an interesting six-part blog series on food metrics, called “Measuring Up”. The entire...
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What do you know about the faces behind our food?
Dear Hampshire Community, How well do you know the faces behind your food – meaning the staff involved in the Hampshire College food system? Have you ever chatted with Jamil? Toured the farm with...
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What’s happening at the farm?
There are so many things happening at the farm right now, it’s hard to keep track! First, we want to welcome our new summer student crew. These terrific students work hard all summer long planting,...
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Support Hampshire College and the Farm – Donate by June 30th for a 1:1 Match
We hope you love Hampshire College – and the Hampshire College Farm – as much as we do. All the great work that gets done here, from a student-run heritage pig breeding program to delivering fresh,...
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