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New Book Exams Influential College Farms

WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Published August 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM EDT

By Paul Tuthill

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Amherst, MA – CCCoppinger

There are more than 80 student farms at colleges in the United States and Canada. One of the first student farms at a liberal arts college was at Hampshire College in Amherst Massachusetts. Biologist and Hampshire College Professor Emeritus Ray Coppinger contributed an essay for a new book : " Fields of Learning: The Student Farm Movement In North America" . WAMC"s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Coppinger about the history of Hampshire's Farm Center.
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