'Students Talkin' About Food'
The buzzwords fly around the room and no one stops to explain them. “Commodity crops.” “Food web.” “Food miles.” “Victory garden.” “Food aid.” “Monsanto.” “Food security.” No one questions what they mean.
Fifteen Bates students, sprawled on the comfortable couches in Frye Street Union, have gotten together to talk about their food-related academic work. It’s “Students Talkin’ About Food” — a March 25 event that’s part of Nourishing Body and Mind: Bates Contemplates Food, the yearlong campuswide look at issues around food. [More...]
Categories: Bates Now, Collaboration, Current students, Food and dining, Lewiston-Auburn, Partners and public, Service, Student organizations, Sustainability.
Tags: Bates Contemplates Food, Bates garden, campus garden, Community Supported Agriculture Maine, Elise Walsh, food stamps, food-aid programs, Janneke Petersen, Kyra Williams, Lewiston-Auburn farm guide, Lucy Neely, Molly Mylius, New American Sustainable Agriculture Project, Somali refugees farming.