Bates College

• Type: Liberal Arts, Private, 4 yr, 1000-5000
• Region: Northeast
• City: Lewiston
• State: ME
• Food budget: N/A
• Provider: self operated
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Christine Schwartz
• Successes and achievements: During the 2008-09 academic year, the initiative "Nourishing Body and Mind: Bates Contemplates Food" will spotlight the college's food practices, academic and extracurricular activities supporting thoughtful and sustainable dining choices.
• Composting: pre-consumer food waste, post-consumer food waste
• Food activities: student farm/garden, farm-to-college program, fair trade purchasing, organic purchasing, local purchasing
• Relevant academic programs: Extracurricular Activities, Student-run programs
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