Last Chance: Freezer Challenge • Sustainable Food Procurement • Campus CSA & Farmers Markets • Summer Reading List • Plastic Free July • Climate News, Events, & Partner Opportunities |
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Happy summer! Read our June newsletter for details on your lab’s last chance to join the 2026 Freezer Challenge, a new article highlighting Hopkins Dining’s sustainable food procurement efforts, sign-up info on a new CSA and ongoing farmers markets, the OCS team’s summer reading recommendations, and more.
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2026 Freezer Challenge — Last Chance to Sign Up! |
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Just one week left in this year’s Freezer Challenge! Johns Hopkins University is proud to participate in the 2026 International Laboratory Freezer Challenge, a global competition that helps labs save energy, improve sample management, and cut costs. Over the past eight years, participants have saved more than 108.1 million kWh of energy, the equivalent of powering 15,135 homes for an entire year! Learn more on the OCS Green Labs page.
Join the 2026 Freezer Challenge to implement proven best practices for your lab’s refrigerators and freezers. You can enhance sample access, maintain sample integrity, and contribute to a more sustainable research community.
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Hopkins Dining Sustainability Manager Publishes on Purpose-Driven Procurement |
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The Spring 2026 edition of Campus Dining Today, the magazine of the National Associations for College and University Food Service, featured a piece written by Graham Browning, Sustainability Manager for Hopkins Dining. The article, “Purpose-Driven Procurement: Hopkins Dining Champions Local and Sustainable Food Systems,” discusses the university’s efforts to focus on seasonal produce, support regional agriculture through partnerships with nonprofit food distributor The Common Market and local farms, and work build a sustainable procurement system, all while providing great food across campus.
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ICYMI: Message from President Daniels on “Research and Resilience at Hopkins” |
Read the update from Hopkins President Ron Daniels on research funding impacts and the university's new Research Resilience Fund here.
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Bringing More Local Food to Campus: Introducing the Flying Plow CSA Program |
Hopkins Dining is rolling out a new way to bring fresh, local food directly to campus. Starting this month, the Hopkins Dining is teaming up with Flying Plow Farm, a local organic grower, to host a weekly CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup at Charles Street Market. Each week, subscribers can pick up a box of seasonal produce, making it easier than ever to connect with our local food system.
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Farmers Markets Continue on Homewood and East Baltimore Campuses |
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The Homewood Campus Farm Stand, with Hopkins Dining and Richfield Farm, will have two more monthly events this summer, on Tuesday, July 21 and August 11, from 11 AM to 2 PM in Levering Courtyard.
East Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) Farmers Market runs through October 29! Stop by Jefferson Pathway on Thursdays from 10 AM to 2 PM to enjoy fresh produce and other healthy eating options. The market is sponsored by JHH Food and Culinary Services; please email foodandculinaryservices@jhmi.edu with any questions.
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Check out some of our recommendations for climate- and sustainability-related things to read, watch, and listen to this summer!
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- Bruce Friedrick, Ed '11 (MAT) (2026)
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| | | | - Vincent Liegey and Anitra Nelson (2020)
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- Sequoia Nagamatsu (2022)
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- Marketplace, hosted by Amy Scott
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Reduce Single-Use Plastics for Plastic Free July |
Make a plan for Plastic Free July and join the annual movement to reduce plastic waste and pollution!
Suggested actions range from:
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- ☕ bringing your own cup to the coffee shop
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🧼 swapping out disposable household products for bulk and plastic-free options
- 📢 advocating for policies aimed at reducing plastic waste
- 🗑️ cleaning up litter
- 📋 finding ways to cut down on plastics at your workplace or school
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| Garden Drop-in
With Cylburn Arboretum Friends
Jul 05 | 2:30 – 4:30 PM | Cylburn Arboretum
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