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Philip Ackerman-Leist

Philip Ackerman-Leist and his wife, Erin, farmed in the South Tirol region of the Alps and North Carolina before beginning their twelve-year homesteading venture in Pawlet, Vermont. Ackerman-Leist is a professor at Green Mountain College, where he established the college farm and sustainable agriculture curriculum and is Director of the Green Mountain College Farm & Food Project.

    Philip's Upcoming Events

    • Philip Ackerman-Leist at 2012 Mother Earth News Fair
      Mother Earth New Fair, Main Stage, Seven Springs PA
      September 21, 2012, 12:00 pm

      Philip Ackerman-Leist will speak on the main stage at the 2012 Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, PA on the weekend of September 21-23. More details to come...

    • Philip Ackerman-Leist at York College
      441 Country Club Road , York PA 17403-3651
      October 30, 2012, 12:00 pm

      Philip Ackerman-Leist will give a lecture at York College on October 30, 2012. The exact time and topic are TBD. More information to come...

    Philip's Books

    Up Tunket Road

    The Education of a Modern Homesteader

    Ever since Thoreau's Walden, the image of the American homesteader has been of someone getting away from civilization, of forging an independent life in the country. Yet if this were ever true, what is the nature and reality of homesteading in the media-saturated, hyper-connected 21st century?

    Local Food

    Effective and replicable models for growing, processing, and distributing local food.