The Farmerama podcast talks to John Mischler, Merry Lea’s Director of Agroecology, and Ellie Schertz, the Assistant Farm Manager, as well as two students who’ve chosen to return to Merry Lea and volunteer for another summer (begins at 21:30).
Aly Munger, a 2017 graduate of Merry Lea’s master’s in environmental education program, is “eco-art educator" at Artist’s Boat, Galveston, Texas. She came to Merry Lea with a bachelor’s degree in art, hoping to integrate her background with her love of beautiful landscapes.
Goshen College received the 2018 Partners for Clean Air award from the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) at their annual awards luncheon on April 25, 2018.
With a series of new programs taking shape, The Center for Climate Change Solutions hosted its first board of reference meeting March 9-10 at Eastern Mennonite University.
The Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions (CSCS) has hired Doug Kaufman '89 as its director of pastoral ecology, a first step in working with congregations and equipping pastors.
What happens when sustainability, education, and agriculture intersect? Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is a leading example. Michael Galbraith, director of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership’s Road to One Million calls the center a “hidden gem.”
As Merry Lea celebrates its first half-century, we take a look at the role it's played in environmental education at Goshen College and in the community.
As Merry Lea celebrates its first half-century, we take a look back at how its caretakers have managed the land.
Students studying the history of American food culture cross disciplines on campus and at the Merry Lea Sustainable Farm.
Alex Caskey '10 is a graduate student at Tufts University who is spending his summer working with Champlain Valley farmers to figure out how agriculture and wildlife can coexist.
