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The College President who Turned a Football Field into a Farm

By | June 12, 2013

I knew Michael Sorrell before I met him.  I’d hear the news, back in 2010, that one extraordinary college president was leading Paul Quinn College to turn its football field into a farm, now called We Over Me Farm. So when Babson President Len Schlesinger popped into Food Sol’s office last November, and told me…

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The first semester of 88 acres

By | January 10, 2013

Launching a company while in business school is an awesome idea – don’t wait to do it after you graduate.  The resources that have been at our disposal are nothing short of extraordinary – professors have been genuinely interested and willing to help, class projects have allowed us to fine tune our business plan, presentations…

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Monday Is Food Day All Over America

By | October 24, 2011

National organizer The Center for Science in the Public Interest ran an impressive campaign for its first annual Food Day, supporting local restaurants, neighborhoods, and colleges with webinars, guidelines, logos, and tech support – and featuring six food issues for investigation and action on Food Day: Reduce diet-related diseases Support sustainable farms Support access to…

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