On a fine September day, JDK's New York team left its urban and urbane Manhattan surroundings behind and took a train north to something of an organic/agricultural oasis: the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. The Stone Barns Center, whose mission is to “celebrate, teach, and advance community-based food production and enjoyment, from farm to classroom to table,” boasts a wide array of organic produce and livestock on its historic 80-acre farm. The grounds include a green market, a store, and a cafe and sister restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
After much fun in the fresh air and greenery, all returned to the city refreshed, well stocked with eggs—and perhaps just a little heartbroken (they had to leave a particularly cute black-and-white piglet behind). A few celebratory cocktails, though, helped ease the pain.
