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2009
- Mylius ’11 helps lead Bates to victory – victory gardening, that is (May 22, 2009)
- Food in the Bates curriculum: A tasting menu (April 17, 2009)
- “Students Talkin’ About Food” (April 9, 2009)
- Food-justice advocate Winne ’72 brings praise for Bates, advice for Obama (March 31, 2009)
- Bates, Guiding Stars team up to provide nutritional guidance (March 31, 2009)
- Bates student helps two communities win $50,000 playground grants (March 27, 2009)
- Winne ’72 to discuss ‘Food Justice and Good Food’ (March 26, 2009)
- World Food Prize recipient to discuss global poverty, food crisis (March 24, 2009)
- Alumni bring distinctive views to food-system issues (March 17, 2009)
- Alan Hunt ’03 brings synergy to food policy (Jan. 6, 2009)
2008
- Bigger, better vegan bar draws even the carnivores (Nov. 21, 2008)
- It’s in the bag for ‘Trashion Show’ winner (Nov. 21, 2008)
- Dining Services receives Workforce Achievement Award (Nov. 19, 2008)
- Fare to remember: Harvest Meal 2008 (Nov. 13, 2008)
- A big apple evening (Nov. 13, 2008)
- President’s letter to the campus community (Nov. 5, 2008)
- Bates Maple Shortbread Cookies (Nov. 5, 2008)
- A meeting of cultures around a Creole Table (Nov. 4, 2008)
- “Omnivore’s Dilemma” author presents Otis Lecture (Oct. 28, 2008)
- Walter ’00, Lots to Gardens founder, wins statewide award (Oct. 14, 2008)
- Bates families flock to the farm (Oct. 14, 2008)
- Food for thought (Oct. 1, 2008)
- Gift prompts Bates College to explore social implications of food distribution (Sept. 26, 2008)
- Lecture explores psychology of food choices (Sept. 23, 2008)
- NBC affiliate reports on $2.5 million gift for local, natural, organic foods (Sept. 12, 2008)
- Orientation 2008 features ‘Eat Local’ brunch (Sept. 10, 2008)
- Convocation 2008: Love, food and the liberal arts education (Sept. 4, 2008)
- $2.5 million gift helps inspire food-awareness initiative at Bates College (Sept. 2, 2008)
- Bates alum — commercial longline fisherman off Cape Cod — is intensely involved in fishery issues (Summer, 2008)
- “Performative meal” culminates short term seminar (Summer, 2008)
- Bates is happy to have a beef with Gabe ’02 and Amanda Clark ’02 (April, 2008)
- More than a month old, dining Commons still a fresh Bates place (April. 2008)
2007
- A senior thesis project launched Lee Lynd ’79 on a quest to turn common plant materials into inexpensive, sustainable ethanol (Fall, 2007)
- Good food, fellowship, and (oh yes!) books create a happy feast for the Boston Alumnae Book Club (Fall, 2007)
- Turmoil from climate change is nothing new, says historian Michael Jones (Summer, 2007)
- Chris Westcott ’03 oversees an innovative national program that helps study-abroad returnees apply their newfound skills and knowlege back home (Summer, 2007)
- Veterinarian Amy Dowd Bartholomew ’88 works in the midst of a dairy industry in peril (Summer, 2007)
2006
- Needed: A Commons Solution (Winter, 2006)
- At King Arthur Flour, twin passions of baking and writing get a rise out of Susan Reid ’79 (Fall, 2006)
2005
- Commons project starts with sustainable-design discussion (Summer, 2005)
- New construction plans focus on student life outside the classroom (Spring, 2005)