Jack Algiere is the farm director for Stone Barns Center in the New York’s lower Hudson Valley. Actively farming since the early 1990s, Jack has been the director at Stone Barns since its inception fifteen years ago. Jack oversees the extensive and diversified farm operations, including indoor and outdoor vegetable production, small grains, and a diverse array of livestock.
Most of the farm’s produce and meat is sold to the partner restaurant Blue Hill, and we dig into how this relationship has benefitted both the farm and the restaurant. We also take a look at how the vegetables are integrated into the livestock and pasture operation, the half-acre gutter connect greenhouse and how that differs from high tunnel production, and the compost heating system for the propagation operation.
Most of the farm’s produce and meat is sold to the partner restaurant Blue Hill, and we dig into how this relationship has benefitted both the farm and the restaurant. We also take a look at how the vegetables are integrated into the livestock and pasture operation, the half-acre gutter connect greenhouse and how that differs from high tunnel production, and the compost heating system for the propagation operation.
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Farmers Web: Making it simple for family farms and farm cooperatives to streamline working with their buyers. By lessening the administrative load and increasing efficiency, FarmersWeb helps producers save time, manage their business, and work with more buyers overall.
Quotes from the Show
We’ve learned a lot from the things that we've failed at.
The fact that we can take a risk because we know that on the other side it's actually going to be greeted with great interest I think is a really important part of catalyzing change in the food system.
One of the beauties of being a farmer is that we get to actually experience nature on a daily basis, and all of the lessons it teaches us.
The fact that we can take a risk because we know that on the other side it's actually going to be greeted with great interest I think is a really important part of catalyzing change in the food system.
One of the beauties of being a farmer is that we get to actually experience nature on a daily basis, and all of the lessons it teaches us.
Transcript
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