Stories about "Sustainability"
Bates alums producing sustainable food
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:40 pm
The College’s 2008–09 initiative Bates Contemplates Food got cover treatment in the…
Alan Hunt '03 brings synergy to food policy
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:03 am
"You need to look at the whole food system" instead of the input-output view that typifies much of U.S. agriculture, says Alan Hunt '03, an agricultural policy analyst at the Northeast Midwest Institute.
The Farmer's Father
Friday, November 14, 2008 5:08 pm
Blind from birth, Steve Hoad, Bates College Class of 1972, was raised…
Wake Up! call
Friday, November 14, 2008 5:02 pm
Professor of German Denis Sweet’s Short Term course “Wake Up! An Experiential…
Fare to remember: Harvest Meal 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:00 pm
One of the campus community's favorite gatherings, Bates' annual Harvest Meal is nearly upon us. The buffet dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Commons. Dessert and a "Trashion Fashion Show," a green-minded event where Bates people display apparel they have made from discarded materials, follows in the Gray Athletic Building.
Choice Meat
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:17 pm
This issue reflects the College's ongoing Bates Contemplates Food initiative in myriad ways, including eight profiles of alumni who produce food in Maine.
A meeting of cultures around a Creole Table
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 12:00 pm
Staff, students and faculty get together to make dinner and discuss a particular nation and its Creole culture, building bridges between different groups within the college.
Dual Demmitts
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:53 pm
Louisa Demmitt '09 and younger brother Daniel of Columbia, Md., saw a lot of each other during the fall, even though he's not a Bates student. After graduating from high school, Daniel cobbled together a gap year that began in Maine at the Androscoggin Apple Co., a family-owned organic operation in Greene. He plans to continue his farm work in the South over the winter.
The Rice Stuff
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:21 pm
Rice is a managing director at BlackRock, the country's largest publicly traded mutual fund manager. Within the volatile confines of the energy market, Rice is a star. His portfolios top out at just over $8 billion and his most recognized asset, the firm's $1.4 billion Global Resources mutual fund, has soared right alongside the increasing prices of natural gas, coal, and oil.
Called to the table
Saturday, November 1, 2008 3:09 pm
Conversations about food remind us that a liberal education prepares the whole human being for life.