News
Food Hub Keeps Local Food in the Community
July 26, 2016
Amanda Nagy
A venture of the Oberlin Project, the Oberlin Food Hub links local farms with wholesale buyers in Northeast Ohio.
![Cucumbers and carrots on a wire shelf](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/food_hub_teaser_0.jpg?itok=p5czR4Ax)
Growing Organics Down Under
February 4, 2016
Kasey Cheydleur
Kendra Lockard spent her winter term in New Zealand volunteering with World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms on a blueberry and blackberry farm.
![Two young women by an orchard](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/kendra_farm_0.jpg?itok=cY4uJpTa)
The Culture Behind the Food
December 15, 2015
Xiaoqian Zhu
Student organizers of the fifth-annual Asian Night Market encouraged people to explore the culture behind the food with a new "Food for Thought Week."
![People watch Taiko drummers under festive decorations.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/anm_teaser_resized_0.jpg?itok=39PL7bcV)
Eat Local Challenge Celebrates Commitment to Local Food
October 6, 2015
Kasey Cheydleur
The annual Eat Local Challenge celebrates the college’s commitment to local food and local farmers by providing a meal sourced entirely from within 150 miles of Oberlin’s kitchens.
![Food being prepared in Stevenson Dining Hall](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs51818_dsc_1397_0.jpg?itok=DOqFe46i)
Healthy Meats Now, Healthy Choices Later
September 14, 2015
Amanda Nagy
New Creation Farm, a local provider of ground beef and pork, is dedicated to raising animals humanely, without hormones, antibiotics, or GMOs.
![Cows in a field](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/new_creation-cows_0.jpg?itok=nHT6NAPf)
It Doesn't Get Any Greener Than This
August 20, 2015
Amanda Nagy
Just down the road, a hydroponic lettuce grower harvests fresh greens for Oberlin’s dining halls.
![Lettuce growing in a greenhouse.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/tylers_farm_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=fribEkrd)
It Takes a Family to Feed a Campus
October 10, 2014
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin's food service provider gives back to the family farm that supplies the majority of meat served in campus dining halls and cafes.
![A child kisses a cattle](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/newcreation2_mw_0.jpg?itok=yd_Hj0S1)
Tappin' in Tappan
April 2, 2014
James Helmsworth
This winter, Oberlin students have tapped Oberlin's central green, Tappan Square, for a tasty—and aptly named—project.
![Maple sap bucket](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs30844_tap13_0.jpg?itok=2J70Be6k)
Junior Wins Udall Scholarship
May 6, 2013
Amanda Nagy
Junior Rachel Manning has received a 2013 Udall Scholarship.