| Description |
xx, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Culture of the land : a series in the new agrarianism
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Culture of the land.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Roots. Berea College (1871) : the work college legacy / Sean Clark ; Wilmington College (1946) : balancing education and profitability / Monte R. Anderson and Roy Joe Stuckey ; Sterling College (1962) : working hands, working minds / Julia Shipley -- Pt. 2. Back to the land. Evergreen State College (1972) : interdisciplinary studies in sustainable agriculture / Stephen Bramwell, Martha Rosemeyer, and Melissa Barker ; University of Oregon (1976) : designing for change / Ann Bettman ; University of California, Davis (1977) : moving from the margins toward the center / Mark Van Horn ; Hampshire College (1978) : the agricultural liberal arts / Lorna Coppinger and Ray Coppinger -- Pt. 3. Coming of age. University of Maine (1994) : majoring in sustainable ag / Marianne Sarrantonio ; Central Carolina Community College (1995) : growing new farmers / Robin Kohanowich ; Prescott College (1996) : agroecology as the cultivation of soil and mind / Tim Crews ; University of Montana (1997) : agriculturally supported community / Josh Slotnick -- Pt. 4. New directions. University of British Columbia (2000) : the improbable farm in the world city / Mark Bomford ; New Mexico State University (2002) : planting an OASIS / Constance L. Falk and Pauline Pao ; Michigan State University (2003) : four-season student farming / John Biernbaum ; Yale University (2003) : a well-rounded education / Melina Shannon-DiPietro -- Conclusion: Starting a student farm / Laura Sayre and Sean Clark -- Appendix: An inventory of student farm projects in the United States and Canada. |
| Summary |
Editors Laura Sayre and Sean Clark have assembled a volume of essays written by pioneering educators directly involved in the founding and management of fifteen of the most influential student farms in North America. Arranged chronologically, Fields of Learning illustrates how the student farm movement originated in the nineteenth century, gained ground in the 1970s, and is flourishing today -- from the University of California--Davis to Yale University, from Hampshire College to Central Carolina Community College, from the University of Montana to the University of Maine. |
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School farms -- United States.
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School farms. |
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United States. |
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Agricultural students -- United States.
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Agricultural students. |
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Agricultural education -- United States.
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Agricultural education. |
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Agricultural colleges -- United States.
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Agricultural colleges. |
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Agriculture -- Fieldwork -- United States.
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Agriculture. |
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School farms -- Canada.
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Canada. |
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Agricultural students -- Canada.
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Agricultural education -- Canada.
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Agricultural colleges -- Canada.
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Agriculture -- Fieldwork -- Canada.
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| Added Author |
Sayre, Laura Browne, 1970-
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Clark, Sean.
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| ISBN |
9780813133744 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0813133742 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780813133959 ebook |
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0813133955 ebook |
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