The Stone Barns greenhouse covers 22,000 square feet (a full half-acre) of year-round growing space for dozens of crop varieties and uses only a minimal amount of added heat. Two unusual features include a retracting roof panel that allows the plants to “go outside” on nice days and natural and cultivatable dirt “floors.”
The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a a non-profit farm and educational center located on 80 acres of former Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills. The center was created by David Rockefeller, his daughter Peggy Dulany, and their associate James Ford as a memorial for Peggy Rockefeller, who died in 1996. It opened to the public in the spring of 2004 when chef Dan Barber also opened Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a farm-to-table destination, housed inside a former dairy barn, which emphasizes seasonal and locally sourced ingredients including many from the surrounding fields and pasture.
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