Stone Barns Experience

Stone Barns Harvest Feast 2023

October 02, 2023

Stone Barns Spring Feast

June 05, 2023 in Food Photographer, Event Photographer, Food Photography, Photo, Photographer

The Stone Barns Spring Feast is an annual culinary event held at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, located in Pocantico Hills, New York. Stone Barns Center is a nonprofit farm and education center that focuses on sustainable agriculture and food systems.

The Spring Feast is a celebration of the spring season and the abundance of fresh, locally grown food. It brings together renowned chefs, farmers, and food enthusiasts to showcase the flavors and techniques that highlight the farm-to-table movement. The event typically features a multi-course dinner prepared by guest chefs using ingredients sourced directly from the farm and the surrounding Hudson Valley region.

Guests at the Spring Feast can expect an exquisite dining experience that emphasizes seasonal and sustainable cuisine. The menu often includes a variety of dishes that showcase the best produce, meats, and dairy products available during the springtime. The chefs work closely with the farmers and artisans associated with Stone Barns Center to create a menu that highlights the flavors of the season and supports the principles of sustainable agriculture.

In addition to the meal, the Spring Feast may also include educational components such as farm tours, workshops, and presentations that explore the importance of sustainable food systems and the work being done at Stone Barns Center.

Attending the Stone Barns Spring Feast offers a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for good food, sustainable agriculture, and environmental stewardship. It's a chance to support the mission of Stone Barns Center while enjoying a memorable dining experience in a beautiful farm setting.

Stone Barns Photographer

January 02, 2017

It's always great to see photographs used, especially when they're emailed out to everyone from such an incredible place as Stone Barns.

Food Photographer - Ben Hider

Stone Barns Summer

August 10, 2016 in Event Photographer, Photo

Food Photographer - Ben Hider

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture (Photo By Ben Hider)

Weekends at Stone Barns Center

July 11, 2016 in Event Photographer, Food Photographer

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Ben Hider Forage Lisa Farmer

If you haven't heard me talk about how much I love Stone Barns, then we probably haven't spent enough time together chatting. Every day on the farm is another happy day for me, and this weekend was no exception. The Foraging tour is incredible, the botanical beverages was informative and the cucumber tasting was delicious. It's never a dull moment during the weekend activities, I would highly recommend booking tickets and making the trip

Food Photographer - Ben Hider

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

May 13, 2016 in Photo

Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture on May 12, 2016 (Photos by Ben Hider) Another wonderful evening on the farm learning about soil health and the complex life that lives and provide so much for our health. It's always a pleasure to hear farmer Jack Algiere talk about any topic, he really knows every aspect of this farm from every angle.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Jack Algiere is farm director at Stone Barns Center. Jack graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in horticulture and has been actively farming since the early 1990s. His lifetime of experience in organic, biodynamic and ecological systems brings a broad diversity of experience in greenhouses, orchards, fields and pastures.

At Stone Barns Center, Jack oversees the extensive and diverse farming operations, integrating multispecies pastured livestock, grains, field crops, greenhouse, fruit, flowers and compost in a four-season agroecological system. He also oversees the greater public and wild landscape as elements of the whole farm system. Jack is a leader in the farm’s innovation programs and is integrally involved in training beginning farmers.

On the side: With his wife and fellow farmer, Shannon, Jack has two farm-raised sons. He plays the drums, is captain of the local volunteer fire department and sits on the board of Johnny’s Selected Seeds.

Sheep Shearing Stone Barns Center Food Agriculture

Sheep Shearing at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

April 30, 2016 in Event Photographer, Food Photographer, Photo

Sheep Shearing at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. I am forever grateful for my working relationship with so many incredible clients, but Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is always the most amazing place to work and a really beautiful location to photograph.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture

Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is a non-profit farm and educational center with a partner restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns, located in Pocantico Hills, New York. The Center was created on 80 acres (320,000 m2) formerly belonging to the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills by David Rockefeller and his daughter, Peggy Dulany. Stone Barns promotes sustainable agriculture, local food, and community-supported agriculture. Stone Barns is a four-season operation.

Stone Barns Center is also home to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant that serves contemporary cuisine using local ingredients, with an emphasis on produce from the Center's farm. Blue Hill staff also participate in the Center's education programs.

Poultry School at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

March 20, 2016 in Photo

Poultry School at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture - Raising pastured birds for soil health and flavor.

Ben Hider - Event, Food and Portrait Photographer based in New York City and Westchester

Poultry School is a two-day intensive of classroom and hands-on workshops, guest speakers, and round table discussions to explore current issues, methods and technologies in raising pastured poultry including layer- chickens, meat-chickens, turkeys and geese. We’re thrilled to have a wonderful lineup of workshops, taught by leading experts in raising, caring for and processing poultry.