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...What had led me here? Over the years, the Rockefellers have given away much of their country estate; now 80 acres of it are devoted to the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, which I had come to visit. The old milk barn is the center?s eat-like-a-Rockefeller, hundred-dollar-plus-per-person restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns. That?s where I had come to eat, which is ultimately why I was in that closet...
...that provide about 40% of the restaurant?s vegetables. On the day I spoke to him a few weeks ago, he had brought in Swiss chard, cherries, scallions and mint. This produce hadn?t suffered a ride from California or South America, like most of the vegetables you ordinarily eat. ?I pick the Swiss chard and put it in the car. They wash it off in the kitchen, and then we eat it. I can?t tell you the difference that makes,? Kary told...
...difference at Stone Barns is that the chickens - and the turkeys, and the pigs, and the lambs, and the calves - eat the farm's grass rather than fattier, less healthy grain feed purchased from a supplier. The grass is carefully maintained by rotating the animals on it - veal calves eat the tastiest grass and drop their manure on the remainder. Chickens then come in and clean the calf manure by foraging in it; they also eat some of the less desirable grass. Chickens leave their own manure, which helps the grass rejuvenate. Unlike animals raised in feedlots and pens, Stone...
...longevity calculator is what has given the website traction. Despite my shortcomings, according to the calculator, I'll make it to the ripe old age of 96 (I turn 50 this year)--maybe even to 97, if I eat more cheese...
...submit written reviews of your own. The site combines strong local search tools (like Google Maps) with a social networking approach--already the site is teeming with "Yelpers" eager to share--and the more user-generated content it compiles, the more useful it will be. So go out, eat and yelp. It's your civic duty...