News & Events

Goat Team Wins Big at State Fair
On September 5, Prof. Mark Dailey (sociology) and daughters Emma, Eleanor and Ruth showed their three goats - Snickers, Cookies-and-Cream, and Chip - at the Rutland State Fair. The team garnered six ribbons, four of them first place blue ribbons. Each goat won at least one blue ribbon. The blue ribbons were: 4-H Dairy Champion and Open Dry Dairy (both Snickers), Open Milking Dairy (Cookies), and Open Dairy Buck (Chip). The three goats seem humbly unaware of the ribbons being exhibited on their shed door. In the meantime, they plan to contribute milk for cheesemaking in Eleanor Tison's Food Preservation class soon.

New Chicken Coop a Lesson in Ecological Design
With 130 feet square feet of living space it’s not palatial, but you can’t beat the price. The entire building cost roughly $2000 to construct, about $15 per square foot. And the views of surrounding farmland are terrific!

The chicken house was built off the side of a solar greenhouse on the College’s Cerridwen Farm and represents a collaborative effort between Brown’s ecological design class and the student farm crew working under the direction of farm manager Ken Mulder. more...

GMC Featured in National College Garden Guide
Real Food Challenge, the national college student organization centered around food advocacy, features GMC's Farm & Food Project as a model academic program in their recently published "Start A College Garden Guide."

Under the Academic Improvement section (page 19), GMC is listed as one of four schools to look at for related course ideas (along with Michigan State, Stanford, and Yale) and one of four schools to look at for majors or centers (along with Colorado State, Iowa State, and Yale). The guide includes tips and resources for institutions looking to create stronger farm and garden programs.