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Food is inextricably woven through our individual lives and our relationships to others and to nature. So Bates values — our commitments to environmental sustainability, social responsibility and intellectual vigor, to name a few — influence our approach to issues around food.
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An excerpt from a conversation with President Elaine Tuttle Hansen.
As individuals and as an institution, the choices we make about food play a key role in supporting this commitment.
From academic service-learning projects to volunteer work, Bates engages in relationships beyond campus that benefit all participants.
Central to so many areas of human activity, food can serve as an entrée to myriad social-cultural-historic issues.
Commons is a place where students feel liberated to share ideas, test assumptions, and challenge one another.
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