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As global citizens, we need to understand, critique, and improve our global and local food systems. It starts here.

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    College of the Atlantic Ranked #8 in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges
    Robert Franek, Senior VP of The Princeton Review: “We strongly recommend College of the Atlantic and the other fine colleges in this guide to the many environmentally-minded students who seek to study and live at green colleges.”
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    From left to right, Nate Ingebritson, Grady Wellman-Webster, Archer Hill, Eva Bonsey, and Kiley Higgins learn about the nutrition of apples.
    Photos: COA Helps Bring Education from its Farms to Local Public Schools
    College of the Atlantic students have been coordinating a Farm to School program at Conners-Emerson School in Bar Harbor for the past two years to introduce elementary students to the importance of sustainable food systems through experiential learning.
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    The Cows Come Home: COA adds 4 cows to help reinvigorate Peggy Rockefeller Farms
    Video: Belted Galloways will improve pasture, enhance COA’s ‘foodprint,’ and provide agricultural training

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    • Beech Hill Farm
    • Peggy Rockefeller Farm
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    • Catherine Sullivan farm headshot 

      Catherine Sullivan

      Assistant Manager, Peggy Rockefeller Farm

      csullivan@coa.edu

    • Anna Davis 

      Anna Davis

      Beech Hill Farm Manager

      207-244-5204
      adavis@coa.edu

    • tara allen 

      Tara Allen

      Beech Hill Farm Assistant Manager

      tallen@coa.edu

    • David Levinson 

      David Levinson

      Beech Hill Farm Manager

      dlevinson@coa.edu

    • April and Lambs Staff Photo 

      April Nugent

      Peggy Rockefeller Farm Manager

      anugent@coa.edu

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