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Dan  Barber
Member, Board of Directors

Dan Barber began farming and cooking for family and friends at Blue Hill Farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In May 2000, Dan opened Blue Hill restaurant with family members David and Laureen Barber, and in 2002, Food and Wine Magazine named him one of the country's "Best New Chefs." Since then, he has addressed local food issues through op-eds in the New York Times and articles in Gourmet and Food and Wine Magazine. Dan has been featured in the New Yorker, CBS Sunday Morning, House and Garden, and Martha Stewart Living; his writing has been anthologized in "Best Food Writing" 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

In spring of 2004, both Blue Hill at Stone Barns and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture opened their doors in Pocantico Hills, New York. As the restaurant's executive chef/co-owner and a board member of the Stone Barns Center, Dan works to blur the line between the dining experience and the educational, bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table. His efforts to create a consciousness about the effects of everyday food choices have led him to a position with the Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the Global Environment Advisory Board, as well as numerous projects with the Kellogg Foundation and New York City's Greenmarkets.

Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns both received Best New Restaurant nominations from the James Beard Foundation; in the spring of 2006, Dan received the James Beard award for Best Chef: New York City.