Touching every aspect of living together in community
Food is inextricably woven through individual lives, as well as relationships to others and to nature. So Bates values — commitment to environmental sustainability, social responsibility and intellectual vigor, to name a few — naturally influence the College's approach to food.
The New Commons — the environmentally friendly new home for Bates' long and cherished tradition of gathering the campus community under one roof for meals — is "Campus Central."
The facility's marketplace-style "servery" allows diners to select from a variety of stations where food is prepared as they watch.
Menu choices range from vegan-vegetarian to brick-oven pizza to comfort foods served at the innovative "Euro-Station."
Bates Dining Services works with Maine food producers to seek out the healthiest foods that are organic, natural, farm-fresh or local.
Bates is a member of the Green Restaurant Association, buys from Farm Fresh Initiative and diverts over half of its solid waste from the local landfill through a comprehensive management system.
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