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Wall Street Journal: All Set for Her Summer in Greece
Wall Street Journal columnist (Urban Gardner) Ralph Gardner Jr., the father of a Greek Summer 2010 participant, writes about his daughter's trip to Greece on the eve of her adventure. (June, 2010) |
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Athens News: Hot tips for a cool summer
Athens News gives its tiny readers, and their parents, hot tips for a cool summer presenting the American Farm School Summer Camp "Summer on the Farm." You can find information about the program on the second page of the article. (June, 2010) |
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Athens Plus: 'One of us,' homage to a beloved philhellene
Edmund Keeley's enduring association with Greece has been mutually beneficial and it's been fun. That's the sense one had from hearing his longstanding friends and colleagues, all experts in their fields, pay homage to the man they know as "Mike" at the Benaki Museum on June 8. (June, 2010) |
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The Hellenic Voice: Agricultural Partnership
The American Farm School and the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service have partnered to coordinate research activities in sustainable agriculture. (Apr, 2010) |
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Greek Circle: 15 Minutes
Greek Summer Coordinator Matina Marks speaks about opportunities to participate in Greek Summer 2010 with the publisher of Chicago-based Greek Circle magazine. (Mar, 2010) |
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The Greek Star: Career Women in Greece
As Greece progressed from the ravages of World War II, joined the EU, enhanced its status from that of a principally rural society to a sophisticated culture, it follows that more and more women would continue their education beyond the constricting pre-war limits. (Mar, 2010) |
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Odyssey: Education 2010 - School Days
Odyssey's special annual issue on education. (Feb, 2010) |
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The Hellenic Voice: New President is a first for American Farm School
The recent announcement of a new president of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki carries great significance for Greece, as Dr. Panos Kanellis becomes the first Greek national to lead the 106-year-old institution. (Feb, 2010) |
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The Greek Star: Christmas at the American Farm School in Thessaloniki
As the residents of the American Farm School go caroling from house to house, 200 head of Holstein Cows, the finest herd of Holsteins in Greece, are lowing, munching, and snorting in contentment over their hay and grain within earshot of the carolers. (Dec, 2009) |
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The Greek Star: Is Greece Green?
Is Greece growing green? Are Greek farmers contributing to sustainability by decreasing chemical input in their soil, feeding their animals organically, and reducing or eliminating hormone injections? (Oct, 2009) |
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The Hellenic Voice: Green movement has taken root on Greek Farms
The Historian of the American Farm School, Brenda Marder, writes an article on the "green movement" in Greece explaining how alumni of the American Farm School take the first steps towards "greener" agricultural methods. (Oct, 2009) |
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Athens Plus: American Farm School helping change landscape of agriculture
Graduates of Thessaloniki's American Farm School - going strong since 1904 - are helping to bring the country's agricultural practices up to date and cultivating the idea of sustainable development. (Oct, 2009) |
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Athens News: The hidden gem
Director of the Secondary School, Tasos Apostolides, is a man of many talents, including making the works of Ancient Greek writers come to life - in comics! The Athens News published this appreciation of The Comedies of Aristophanes in Comics series, story line written by Tasos Apostolides and illustrations by George Akokalides. (Sept, 2009) |
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The Hellenic Voice: Greek students put US education to use in their homeland
While ties between Greece and the United States are tightened in multiple ways, surely one of the strongest connections is forged by Greek students and faculty who study in American colleges and universities. (June, 2009) |
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Northern Pages - Green Edition: Earth Day 2009
Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, marks a day of awareness for the Earth's environment. Founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970, Earth Day began as a grassroots campaign for the environment, spreading from coast-to-coast across university campuses in the United States. In this issue of Northern Pages the President of the American Farm School, William McGrew, explains the commitment of the School to a sustainable environment. (May, 2009) |
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The Hellenic Voice: American Greeks
An article written by Mrs. Brenda Marder on the Hellenic Voice, on the 'American Greeks' or as she states the "Philhellenes [who] have dedicated their lives to Greece." In this article biographical information is given on an exemplary American Greek; William McGrew, President of the American Farm School for 4 years. (Feb, 2009)
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Athens News: A Day of Thanks
In what is perhaps a rare show of appreciation in this day and age, the American Farm School of Thessaloniki (AFS) annually invites those who have supported the school to a gratis Thanksgiving Dinner for donors. (Dec, 2008) |
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Athens Plus: Perrotis Commended
A recent event celebrating the foundation of the Dimitris Perrotis College of Agricultural Studies provided a forum for praise of the school's class sizes, professors and status of the only residential campus in Greece. (Oct, 2008)
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The National Herald: Lions Do Lie Down With Lambs
The twentieth century in the Balkans died the way it was born, tormented by ethnic strife-- where and when would lions lie down with lambs? Whoever would found a university in 1996 in Greece and invite applications not only from European Union member countries, but also from the implacable Balkan states. The explanation lies largely in the ethos of the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Apr, 2008) |
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The Hellenic Voice: Greek Carnavali 2008
Greenwich Committee raises more than $70,000 to support the American Farm School in Thessaloniki, Greece. (Apr, 2008) |
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The Greek Star: Former participant returns as coordinator for Greek Summer
Greek Summer, an intercultrual exchange program, changes lives. Matina Marks attended the program back in 1993, and it changed her life forever. The experience made such an impression to her, that she returned as a counselor for several years before taking on the position of coordinator in 2007. (Jan, 2008) |
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The Hellenic Voice: Greek Summer (and winter)
If you are really interested in Greece, forget the jam-packed islands and capital. Instead travel to the region of Central Macedonia in Northern Greece, where the riveting history, magnificent scenery and welcoming people set the stage for a successful Greek Summer Program in the village of Ida. (Nov, 2007) |
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Athens News: High expectations for the super crop
Kenaf, a crop that has been cultivated in Africa for more than 4,000 years and boasts a string of potential end products will - if the experts' hopes and expectations are fulfilled - become a byword for sustainable farming in Greece. (Dec, 2007) |
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Odyssey: After the fires-now what?
Athanasios Giamoustaris, Farm Director at the American Farm School, speaks to Brenda L. Marder on the regeneration of farmland and forest in Greece after this year’s devastating fires. He comments, “whatever is done must be accomplished by educating people.” (Nov/Dec, 2007) |
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Odyssey: Planting seeds for the future
The American Farm School of Thessaloniki presents the legendary Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra from New York for three performances-one in Thessaloniki and two in Athens-to benefit the School’s annual scholarship program. (Nov/Dec, 2007) |
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Athens Insider: Jazz for the American Farm School
Keeps your eyes peeled and your ears tuned for the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, performing in Athens and Thessaloniki in aid of the Annual Scholarship Program at the American Farm School in Thessaloniki. (Oct/Nov, 2007) |
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Athens News: Raw heroes in the making
If you believe that everyday heroes are the best kind, then indulge yourself in reading Tad Lansdale’s autobiography. (Nov, 2007) |
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Athens Insider: A talk with President William McGrew
In an era where sustainable farming and environmental conservation are becoming an integral part of the “new economy,” the Farm School provides the nearly 300 students that attend its secondary and post-secondary schools with the tools they’ll need to succeed in modern agricultural production, as well as the emerging agribusiness sector. (Sept, 2007) |
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Athens News: Sowing the seeds of success
The American Farm School in Thessaloniki has been preparing students for a future in farming for more than a century. Its latest venture is an ambitious collaboration with a British University. (May, 2007) |
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Athens News: Raising Christmas turkey
Students at the American Farm School in Thessaloniki have been working overtime to furnish markets with more than 20,000 turkeys just in time for the holidays. (Dec, 2005) |
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Financial Times: Pioneer school puts business into farming
After 101 years of providing a high school education and vocational training for young Greek farmers, the American Farm School at Thessaloniki in northern Greece is poised to become a fully-fledged university institution. (June, 2005) |
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Odyssey: Alternatives to pesticide misuse
Experts warn of pollution and health hazards from pesticide use and Farm Director Athanasios Giamoustaris comments on the alternative methods and techniques taught at the American Farm School. (Jan/Feb, 2005) |
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