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One Cow Revolution Sterling’s Director of Writing Studies and writer, Julia Shipley, won a
Grace Paley fellowship to attend the Poetry Conference and Festival at the Frost Place this past July. In addition to her teaching experiences, Julia has written extensively about farming for local, regional, and national magazines.
The fellowship allowed Julia to attend the week-long conference at Frost’s homestead in Franconia, New Hampshire. Highlights of the re-
treat included studying alongside extraordinary poets, and readings in the evening in Frost’s cow barn.
Speaking of cows… Julia is also faculty in Humanities and Sustainable
Farm Welcomes New Draft Horse
Agriculture and her summer included teaching her One Cow Revo-
lution class as part of Sterling’s 2008 Summer Sustainable Agriculture
The Sterling Farm has had a boost lately in the form of Lincoln, a huge
Semester.
Chauvin of Hyde Park, VT. Raymond’s step-daughter attended the
One Cow Revolution addressed the information and issues related to
and lovely 19-hand chestnut Belgian recently donated by Raymond
Described as, “The bovine equivalent to Sterling’s course, Horse Care,”
Summer Farm program this past summer and he learned first-hand
keeping a single cow and drinking her milk. Apparently co-instructor
that a new draft horse was needed. Lincoln was one of Raymond’s 12
horses and did not fit his immediate needs. In an act of extreme generosity Raymond offered Lincoln to Draft Horse Manager Rick Thomas and the Sterling Community.
Rick said he was, “clearly excited,” with the recent addition to the Ster-
ling farm team. Lincoln began the fall semester working with Rick and
horse partners Rex and Pete in a suite of draft horse classes. Lincoln also shared his considerable strength to provide traction power for faculty and students working the College lands.
Winnie (a two-year old Jersey) was exceedingly patient while students learned the fine art of milking.
Interested students and adult learners participated in lectures and readings based on Julia’s book in progress called, “Living with a Fam-
ily Cow,” as well as a variety of journal articles. Starting each morning at 6:30 AM, the class visited one cow farms where they learned about
cow feeding, hand milking, breeding, and care. The course had classes in everything from cow butchering to the processing of milk into butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. Highlights included a milk-tasting
“We have been so blessed with the benevolence of friends like Raymond
event sampling the delicacies of six different breeds of cows and mak-
machinery,” Rick said in a recent interview. “It’s people like Raymond
Cow” Winnie.
students at the College for many years to come.”
course in the nation centered on keeping and milking a family cow!
who have donated large-ticket items such as a horse or horse drawn
ing hand-cranked ice cream from milk generously supplied by “One
who ensure that Sterling continues to provide a unique education to
No doubt all had a wonderful experience at perhaps the only college
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