Jack Algiere is the Director of Agroecology at Stone Barns Center. As Stone Barns’ first official employee in 2004, he brought a critical skill set in diversified, regenerative farm practices to the organization. Since then, he has built an integrated farming operation rooted in land stewardship, innovation, and community, that also serves as a training campus for young farmers, chefs, changemakers, and the public.

Jack has been actively farming for more than two decades and has trained a generation of young farmers in organic and biodynamic farming practices. He oversees the extensive farming operations at Stone Barns, integrating a holistic farm team that works together on multi-species grass-fed livestock, grains, field crops, greenhouse, fruit, flowers, wild landscapes, and compost in a four-season regenerative system. Jack leads our programming in innovative tool design, breeding and monitoring work that supports the efforts of small- and mid-size farmers, and was part of the core team that developed the Conservation Action Plan that led to our management of 350 acres of public lands in the Rockefeller State Park Preserve. He has appeared as a speaker at food and farming conferences and summits across the country. He holds a BS in horticulture from the University of Rhode Island.

Off the farm: With his wife and fellow farmer, Shannon, Jack has two farm-raised sons. He is a lifelong musician and a commissioner of his local volunteer fire department, and has served on several boards of agricultural organizations including Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Dutchess/Putnam/Westchester (NY) Farm Bureau.