Students at a Dia De Los Muertos event. Photo by Kay Bell ’26
Bard Farm
Located on the northern edge of Bard’s 1,200-acre Hudson Valley campus, the 1.25-acre farm provides sustainably grown produce to the campus community through our dining service provider and a seasonal farm stand. Our farm is a working demonstration of Bard’s commitment to sustainability and climate solutions. Guided by the National Organic Standards and moving toward a no-till management strategy, we strive to use practices that improve soil health, sequester more carbon, and build climate resilience.
Sustainability by the Numbers
What Is Your Why?
Laurie Husted Talks About Sustainability Work on Campus and Off
Chief Sustainability Officer Laurie Husted talks with Vice President of Civic Engagement Erin Cannan about her roles at Bard and in the Town of Red Hook, discussing federal climate legislation and how ocean and climate scientist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson inspires her to find purpose and joy.
Sustainability Initiatives
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Institutional Initiatives- Center for Civic Engagement involves students in green volunteer opportunities and internships.
- Bard Center for Environmental Sciences and Humanities is an interdisciplinary program that connects Bard faculty, staff, and students with grassroots efforts to protect the environment.
- Bard has pledged to achieve Climate Neutrality by 2035 by signing the Carbon Commitment (formerly ACUPCC). In 2009, President Bostein agreed to launch an ambitious and important process to achieve carbon neutrality.
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Campus and Regional Initiatives- Bard College Farm is a student-run organic farm that sells produce to Bard Dining, hosts a weekly on campus farm stand in season, works to educate students about food systems, and connects Bard to the local community.
- BardEATS is a partnership among Bard students, dining service, faculty, and staff that aims to increase food purchasing transparency, reduce waste, promote food access, and support local farms.
- Sustainable Communities Program is a working group of Red Hook Together formed to recognize outstanding efforts to foster environmental awareness and good stewardship
C2C Fellows Network
The C2C Fellows Network offered through Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability involves students across the nation in conversations about climate solutions with elected officials.
Sustainability in Academics
Environmental stewardship is at the core of Bard’s focus on civic engagement and social responsibility.
The College offers rigorous, interdisciplinary training in environmental studies and ensures that all undergraduate students receive science education. Undergraduate dual-degree and graduate programs are also available through Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability and the Bard MBA in Sustainability.
Sustainability News
Bard College Hosts Symposium on PCB Contamination and “Bomb Trains” Threatening the Hudson/Mahicantuck River on April 11
Bard College will host “The Fate of the River,” a public symposium centered on two major environmental threats facing the Hudson/Mahicantuck River, on Friday, April 11 from 10 am to 4 pm in Olin Hall at Bard College.
Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians
Find Purple, Frog-Saving Microbes, is a participatory science (citizen science) and community bioart project to conserve amphibians.
Discover Magazine Speaks with Biology Professor Bruce Robertson About Evolutionary Traps
“Traps will cycle populations toward extinction extremely rapidly,” Robertson says. “They’re like demographic black holes.”