Farm fun at the Stone Barns Harvest Fest

Last Saturday the Stone Barns Center in Pocantico Hills hosted its fifth annual Harvest Fest. It was a way for us city folk to hitch a hayride and get up close and personal with chickens, pigs, cows and sheep and to see how a working farm operates.

I found out about the Harvest Fest while reading up on Fleisher’s Organic Meats for another story I’m working on (more on that soon). Turns out Fleisher’s provides their grass-fed meat to a bunch of my favorite restaurants, including Marlow & Sons, egg and Freemans, among others. Seems that the organic, slow food moment is interconnected in my world.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns, the on-premise restaurant, brings food from 80 acre property directly to the table. Can’t wait for a special occasion to make a trip back up there, hike the lovely trails and try the 5 course tasting, $95 per person for a seasonal, farm fresh chef’s choice feast.