Oberlin College

• Type: Liberal Arts, Private, 4 yr, 1000-5000, Rural
• Region: Midwest
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• City: Oberlin
• State: OH
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• URL: http://
• involvement in the Real Food Challenge?
  Level 1: Connected to the network
• Provider: Bon Appetit (Compass)
• Dining Services Director/Executive Chef: Michele Gross
• Successes and achievements: blog on the food movement at Oberlin (oberlinfood.wordpress.com); Local Foods Fest; Slow Food Oberlin chapter; Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (OSCA), which currently gets a small patch on the George Jones Farm, is currently in the process of beginning an OSCA-owned farm; students intern with CityFresh
• Composting: pre-consumer food waste, post-consumer food waste, food waste from special events
• Food activities: student farm/garden, fair trade purchasing, organic purchasing, local purchasing, academic programs, farm-to-college program, humane purchasing, student organizations
• Farm functions: CSA, farmer's market, supplies dining hall, supplies co-op, other educational
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• Relevant academic programs: Course(s) offered, Internships, Extracurricular Activities, Student-run programs
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