The Farmer's Father

Bates

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Friday November 14, 2008 5:08 pm	The Farmer's Father Blind from birth, Steve Hoad, Bates College Class of 1972, was raised by a mother who “understood that children were…
Saturday November 1, 2008 11:39 am	The Maine Course The Bates Contemplates Food initiative is a call for an informed examination of food choices. For many of us, these choices involve what foods to buy. A select few, though — such as the alumni on enumerated below — are choosing what foods to produce for the people who buy. And while every food decision is a life decision, the choices made by people whose livings depend on producing food take place on planes different from the ones we occupy.
Saturday November 1, 2008 8:58 am	Keeping Pace with the Earth Anna Skarstad ’11 wants to be a farmer, but she’s not willing to hoe that row until she understands why.

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Blind from birth, Steve Hoad, Bates College Class of 1972, was raised by a mother who “understood that children were…

The Bates Contemplates Food initiative is a call for an informed examination of food choices. For many of us, these choices involve what foods to buy. A select few, though — such as the alumni on enumerated below — are choosing what foods to produce for the people who buy. And while every food decision is a life decision, the choices made by people whose livings depend on producing food take place on planes different from the ones we occupy.

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November 1, 2008
8:58 am

Keeping Pace with the Earth

Anna Skarstad ’11 wants to be a farmer, but she’s not willing to hoe that row until she understands why.

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