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Borealis Breads founder Jim Amaral and food activist-author Mark Winne are among ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College alumni featured during March events relating to the Nourishing Body and Mind: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Contemplates Food initiative.

All these events are open to the public at no cost.

First on the menu is a lecture about the impacts of globalization on poverty, food security and nutrition by Cornell University professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom (G52). The talk is sponsored by the economics department.

Two weeks later, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ alumni involved in food production and nutrition in Maine discuss a variety of issues in a panel presentation at 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 16, also in Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom (G52).

Moderated by Anna Bartel, associate director of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, the panel comprises Borealis Breads founder Jim Amaral ’80; Maine farmers Steve Hoad ’72 of Windsor and Nicolas Lindholm ’86 of Penobscot; and Kirsten Walter ’00, director of the . The event is sponsored by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Contemplates Food Planning Committee.

Finally, food activist and author ’72, gives a talk titled “Food Justice and Good Food — When Shall the Twain Meet?” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 30, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. A reception and book signing follow in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. This event too is sponsored by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Contemplates Food Planning Committee. For more information, please call 207-786-6336.

This academic year, inspired by the opening of a new dining Commons and a $2.5 million gift supporting the use of organic, natural and farm-fresh foods, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ launched Nourishing Body and Mind: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Contemplates Food. The initiative explores the ramifications of our food choices and spotlights ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ own award-winning sustainable food-service practices.

• Monday, March 16 at 4:30 p.m.
• Pettengill Hall’s Keck Classroom (G52).