Results tagged: Cherry Lane Farms

It's long been in fashion to name farmers and other purveyors on menus, but we've usually found this to be more of a conceit rather than any sort of effort to educate diners or help suppliers in a meaningful way.

One of the few chefs we've encountered who does take the time to educate the public and and directly help farmers is Dan Barber of Blue Hill in NYC and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico, NY. For the past several years Dan and his brother and business partner, David, have been outspoken champions of locally-sourced and sustainably-raised animals and produce.

So when Blue Hill approached us last year about producing a series of short videos to showcase the farmers that supply the restaurant, we leapt at the chance. Not only did we love the idea, but it also gave us an opportunity to learn about some of the people we'd been buying tomatoes, potatoes and chickens from at the Union Square Greenmarket.

The complete set of videos are on the new Blue Hill web site, but we thought you might enjoy seeing them here so each week we'll be posting a new video to showcase a local farmer. The first video is of Cherry Lane Farms, a second generation family farm in New Jersey. If you're headed to the Union Square Greenmarket anytime soon, stop by and say hi to Susie and her crew.