David Barber
Board Member
David Barber
Board Member
As a founding partner of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and co-owner of Blue Hill, David Barber brings decades of experience in testing, scaling, and championing regenerative agrifood solutions to define a new future of food, from farmer to household. David is a guiding voice in the movement to reform American agrifood economics and has dedicated his career to reshaping finance’s role in the food economy. He continues to engage capital as a tool to serve soil health, biodiversity, and ultimately reverse the damage extractive economics have caused the planet.
David is an investor in the food and hospitality space through Almanac, a venture fund founded in 2015, which provides alternative capital to a small portfolio of change makers. David serves on the boards of Luke’s Lobster, MAD, and Caramoor Center for the Arts. He is also an advisor to S2G Ventures and Acre Investments, and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Connecticut College, the Jacob Burns Film Center, and the Collegiate School in New York City. He received a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.