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Dan Barber
Chef and Co-Owner, Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Dan Barber is chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, and the author of The Third Plate. A fierce advocate for sustainable, ethical farming and cooking, Barber’s opinions on food and agricultural policy have appeared in The New York Times and other publications. He also co-founded Row 7 Seed Company, which brings together chefs and plant breeders to develop new varieties of vegetables and grains. Barber has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and Outstanding Chef (2009). President Barack Obama appointed him to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. Barber continues his work to blur the line between the dining experience and the educational, bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table.
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Start with the right seed, and you can grow healthy, delicious food while protecting the environment and safeguarding nutrient-rich soil. But today, just four industries contr...
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Environmental stewardship has become as much a watchword in the business sector as it has among activists and advocates. When corporate executives start talking about the impo...