Dan Barber
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Blue Hill at Stone Barns
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Row 7 Seed Company
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Row 7 Seed Company
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Intercropping with rye is a brilliant strategy to retain nutrients and improve water holding capacity, but it won’t happen if we don’t eat more rye.
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
As extreme rains becomes more common, some Iowa farmers turn to 'relay intercropping'
Extreme rainfall and flooding are becoming more common across much of the U.S. In Iowa, some farmers are experimenting with something called relay intercropping to keep more rainfall in the fields.
www.npr.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Intercropping with rye is a brilliant strategy to retain nutrients and improve water holding capacity, but it won’t happen if we don’t eat more rye.
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/07/17/n...
Not olives.
They're Cornelian cherries. But I dare you to taste them and not be reminded of Provence or Greece’s best.
Grown in the Hudson Valley, harvested before the October freeze, and then ash cured, lacto-fermented, partially dried and marinated in oil.
#mediterraneandiet
They're Cornelian cherries. But I dare you to taste them and not be reminded of Provence or Greece’s best.
Grown in the Hudson Valley, harvested before the October freeze, and then ash cured, lacto-fermented, partially dried and marinated in oil.
#mediterraneandiet
July 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not olives.
They're Cornelian cherries. But I dare you to taste them and not be reminded of Provence or Greece’s best.
Grown in the Hudson Valley, harvested before the October freeze, and then ash cured, lacto-fermented, partially dried and marinated in oil.
#mediterraneandiet
They're Cornelian cherries. But I dare you to taste them and not be reminded of Provence or Greece’s best.
Grown in the Hudson Valley, harvested before the October freeze, and then ash cured, lacto-fermented, partially dried and marinated in oil.
#mediterraneandiet
Thirty ago I was starting out as a young commis in Paris. After brutal days in the kitchen, I would lie on the floor of my flat reading about Michel Bras, a brilliant chef who was defying the Michelin guide and the norms of French fine dining by putting vegetables center stage... (1/3)
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thirty ago I was starting out as a young commis in Paris. After brutal days in the kitchen, I would lie on the floor of my flat reading about Michel Bras, a brilliant chef who was defying the Michelin guide and the norms of French fine dining by putting vegetables center stage... (1/3)
purple asparagus / green strawberry. white asparagus / red strawberry.
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
purple asparagus / green strawberry. white asparagus / red strawberry.
Finally there's research backing up what we’ve known for decades.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...
New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.
In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Finally there's research backing up what we’ve known for decades.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...
Devastating news today.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Devastating news today.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
I once learned that Hemingway lamented his mid 20’s, that he felt caught between youth and age like someone who just missed his train: too late for the last, too early for the next.
March is like that...
March is like that...
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I once learned that Hemingway lamented his mid 20’s, that he felt caught between youth and age like someone who just missed his train: too late for the last, too early for the next.
March is like that...
March is like that...
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the USDA’s seed library—a 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 library of germplasm that must be maintained and cultivated. Breeders across the US rely on this germplasm to develop new, disease-resistant varieties of plants.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. gene banks, key to new crops, hobbled by Trump job cuts
Newly appointed head of USDA’s genetic repositories axed along with key staff
www.science.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the USDA’s seed library—a 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 library of germplasm that must be maintained and cultivated. Breeders across the US rely on this germplasm to develop new, disease-resistant varieties of plants.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Rebellion Fritos
Corn goes a long way to explain why organic farmers get pissed about GMOs.
GMO corn is a pernicious beast. 86 of the 94 million acres of corn grown in the US are GMO. And those GMO acres are constantly encroaching on the organic ones through cross pollination...
Corn goes a long way to explain why organic farmers get pissed about GMOs.
GMO corn is a pernicious beast. 86 of the 94 million acres of corn grown in the US are GMO. And those GMO acres are constantly encroaching on the organic ones through cross pollination...
February 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rebellion Fritos
Corn goes a long way to explain why organic farmers get pissed about GMOs.
GMO corn is a pernicious beast. 86 of the 94 million acres of corn grown in the US are GMO. And those GMO acres are constantly encroaching on the organic ones through cross pollination...
Corn goes a long way to explain why organic farmers get pissed about GMOs.
GMO corn is a pernicious beast. 86 of the 94 million acres of corn grown in the US are GMO. And those GMO acres are constantly encroaching on the organic ones through cross pollination...
More reliable than Punxsutawney Phil, we know spring is not far away when Noble Jade (a variety of kailaan, also known as gai lan, also known as Chinese broccoli) blooms its tender, brassica flavored flowers.
February 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
More reliable than Punxsutawney Phil, we know spring is not far away when Noble Jade (a variety of kailaan, also known as gai lan, also known as Chinese broccoli) blooms its tender, brassica flavored flowers.
Winter Wednesdays
Blue Hill is closed Wednesdays from January to May for team education days. Mind, body, child’s pose.
1. Our local gym, The Fit Inn, turns the dining room into a stretch studio.
Blue Hill is closed Wednesdays from January to May for team education days. Mind, body, child’s pose.
1. Our local gym, The Fit Inn, turns the dining room into a stretch studio.
February 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Winter Wednesdays
Blue Hill is closed Wednesdays from January to May for team education days. Mind, body, child’s pose.
1. Our local gym, The Fit Inn, turns the dining room into a stretch studio.
Blue Hill is closed Wednesdays from January to May for team education days. Mind, body, child’s pose.
1. Our local gym, The Fit Inn, turns the dining room into a stretch studio.
Two tails
16-year-old Blue Hill Farm retired dairy cow: yellow fat, darker meat (top). An incredible milk producer for a decade and a half.
1-year-old Blue Hill Farm veal calf, raised with free choice of mother’s milk: white fat, pink meat (bottom).
#AllGrassAllTheTime
16-year-old Blue Hill Farm retired dairy cow: yellow fat, darker meat (top). An incredible milk producer for a decade and a half.
1-year-old Blue Hill Farm veal calf, raised with free choice of mother’s milk: white fat, pink meat (bottom).
#AllGrassAllTheTime
January 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Two tails
16-year-old Blue Hill Farm retired dairy cow: yellow fat, darker meat (top). An incredible milk producer for a decade and a half.
1-year-old Blue Hill Farm veal calf, raised with free choice of mother’s milk: white fat, pink meat (bottom).
#AllGrassAllTheTime
16-year-old Blue Hill Farm retired dairy cow: yellow fat, darker meat (top). An incredible milk producer for a decade and a half.
1-year-old Blue Hill Farm veal calf, raised with free choice of mother’s milk: white fat, pink meat (bottom).
#AllGrassAllTheTime
Great seeing Row 7 and the humble but mighty Badger Flame beet featured here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/d...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/d...
9 Food Trend Predictions for 2025
Food forecasters see a year of offbeat choices: savory coffees, great convenience-store cuisine and sauces on everything.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Great seeing Row 7 and the humble but mighty Badger Flame beet featured here.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/d...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/d...
Blue Hill cooks made our yearly pilgrimage to Penn Yann, NY to harvest tillage radish, the miracle root that loosens compacted soils and allows them to breathe. The stimulation of soil microbiology benefits the spring crop. Normally these beauties decompose in the ground...
December 11, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Blue Hill cooks made our yearly pilgrimage to Penn Yann, NY to harvest tillage radish, the miracle root that loosens compacted soils and allows them to breathe. The stimulation of soil microbiology benefits the spring crop. Normally these beauties decompose in the ground...
Dairy cow evaluation day
Chefs, farmers, butchers, ecologists—all around the table tasting and steering the future of beef. (It could be Dairy Beef.)
Chefs, farmers, butchers, ecologists—all around the table tasting and steering the future of beef. (It could be Dairy Beef.)
December 3, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Dairy cow evaluation day
Chefs, farmers, butchers, ecologists—all around the table tasting and steering the future of beef. (It could be Dairy Beef.)
Chefs, farmers, butchers, ecologists—all around the table tasting and steering the future of beef. (It could be Dairy Beef.)
Some hopeful and actionable study results: with the right incentives and technical assistance, US agriculture has the potential to be greenhouse gas negative www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/study-f...
www.brownfieldagnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Some hopeful and actionable study results: with the right incentives and technical assistance, US agriculture has the potential to be greenhouse gas negative www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/study-f...