Overview of strangeness production at the STAR experiment

We present an overview of recent STAR results on strangeness production in p+p and heavy-ion collisions at the RHIC. In both Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions we show the centrality dependences of bulk yield and mid-p_T spectrum measurements with new comparisons to theory. The latest v₂ results for strange particles are presented and prospects for strangeness production in the low-energy scan program will be outlined. Finally, we report new measurements of strangeness fragmentation functions for jets in p+p collisions.