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farming and food systems

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Farming & Food Systems
www.coa.edu/academics/areas-of-study/farming-food-systems/
Farms
www.coa.edu/farms/

Stories:

NEWS

Learning From Experience—In and for our Local Farms, Harbors, and Schools

A College of the Atlantic-hosted summer institute for future and veteran island and remote coastal educators is a great SUCCESS!
NEWS

COA and UMaine Team up to Help Maple and Honey Producers (FOX ABC Maine)

College of the Atlantic Partridge Chair in Food and Sustainable Agriculture Systems Dr. Kourtney Collum explains some of the finer points of COA’s new, $500,000 collaborative grant program, “Finding the Sweet Spot.”
NEWS

Share the Harvest Launches 2017 Season

College of the Atlantic’s farm-based and student-coordinated food access program is now taking applications.

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Events:

September 7th, 2017

Sep

7

Share the Harvest Farm Dinner
5:00pm, Beech Hill Farm, Mount Desert

COA’s beautiful Beech Hill Farm is the setting for a four-course dinner catered by Havana Restaurant. All proceeds benefit Share the Harvest, a COA student-led program supplying organic produce to local food pantries.

September 20th, 2017

Sep

20

13th Annual Fall Farm Day
1:00pm, Beech Hill Farm, Mount Desert College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm features food system workshops, farm tours, and a keynote address by U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree ’79 about regional and national food policy.

Courses:

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Faculty:

Kourtney Collum

Faculty, Food Systems
Todd Little-Siebold

Faculty, History
Suzanne R. Morse

Faculty, Botany and Agroecology
Chris Petersen

Faculty, Ecology & Biology

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