From Rebecca Sherman at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills:

“Herbal Health for Fall
Saturday, October 31
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
$12/adults
Join herbalist Clare Pierson for a demonstration class focused on cooking up immuneboosting
infusions and supplements using herbs and other natural ingredients. Learn
Clare’s approach to maintaining a healthy immune system, and sample of one of her
herbal extracts. Gain the know-how to make your own easy, inexpensive herbal
supplements to keep you and your family healthy through the fall and winter months.

“Wildman” Steve Brill
Sunday, November 8
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM)
$25/adults and youth
Naturalist/author “Wildman” Steve Brill will lead one of his famous Wild Food and
Ecology Tours of Stone Barns Center. For details, visit www.wildmanstevebrill.com.

ABCs in the Pasture: Turkey
Sunday, November 15
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
$18/adults
Celebrate the Thanksgiving season at Stone Barns Center! Join us for this farmerhosted
discussion and tour of our livestock operation. Meet our farmers face-to-face as
they answer your questions and talk about the planning and care that goes into raising
our pastured turkeys. Whether you are an aspiring backyard farmer, a veteran
grower, or simply interested in the who, what and how of small-scale food production,
you’re sure to enjoy this unique chance to talk shop with the best of them.

Farm To Table: Turkey
Sunday, November 22
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
$20/adults, $15/youth and children
Celebrate the Thanksgiving season at Stone Barns Center! Harvest greens and
vegetables in the greenhouse or out in the field, then head out to the pasture to
collect eggs from our hardworking Rhode Island Red hens. When the farm work is
done, we’ll cook everything up into a simple and delicious snack in the Resource
Center using our pastured turkey and other seasonal foods. You’ll leave with recipes
and a true experience of farm-to-table. Space is extremely limited!

SAVE THE DATE
Young Farmers Conference
December 3-4, 2009
$180/adults
Stone Barns Center presents its second annual Young Farmers Conference: Reviving
the Culture of Agriculture – designed especially for young and new farmers.
As the number of American farmers aged 55 or older has grown from 37% to over
60% in the last 60 years, the future of farming depends heavily on the entry of a new
generation of farmers. In order to better guarantee their success, it is vital that they
receive all of the training, tools, and knowledge available. The Young Farmers
Conference is designed to help remove obstacles faced by young farmers and provide
a space for farmers to network with peers and learn from leaders in the field – helping
to ensure that the next generation of farmers is equipped for the work ahead.
The 2009 Young Farmers Conference will provide a forum for more than 200
participants to learn from agricultural luminaries, peers, and advocacy organizations
through workshops, keynotes, and panel discussions. Keynote address will be given by
Wes Jackson of the Land Institute, and Fred Kirschenmann of Stone Barns Center and
the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University
A video of the 2008 Young Farmers Conference can be found online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK112vP-xJY
Registration information will be featured on Stone Barns Center’s website in early
November. In the meantime, please contact 914 366 6200×112 with questions

RECURRING PROGRAMS
Farm Market
Purchase Stone Barns Center’s produce, meat and eggs. On Sundays, savory tarts and
fruit pies are available from Bedford’s Red Barn Bakery.
The 2009 market will operate through Sunday, November 22. Market hours are:
• Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Sundays from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
• Member Hour: Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM*

*Members at the Seedling ($125) level and above have access to an exclusive
shopping hour every Wednesday and Friday, before the market opens to the general
public. To join or to renew your membership, contact 914 366 6200×140.

Insider’s Tour
Fridays and Saturdays
11:00 AM—12:30 PM
$15/Adults, $9/Youth Ages 6 to 14
Our most intensive tour is an intimate, behind-the-scenes view of Stone Barns with
one of our farm or program staff.

Livestock Tour
Saturdays and Sundays
12:00 PM—1:00 PM
$10 Adults/$7 Children Under 14
A specialized tour focusing on our animals: how they are rotated using intensive
management techniques, raised with concern for social structures and natural
instincts, and how grassfed rearing is reflected in the quality of the final product.

Vegetable Tour
Saturdays and Sundays
2:00 PM—3:00 PM
$10/Adults, $7/Children and Youth Under 14
This specialized tour will focus on the herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables in Stone
Barns Center’s main production field, four-season greenhouse and various gardens.

Hands-On Farm Chores
Saturdays and Sundays
10:00 AM—11:00 AM (Egg Collection)
1:00 PM—2:00 PM (Greenhouse or Field Activity)
$10 Children Ages 2 to 14 (Adults accompany at no charge)
Pitch in and lend a hand with family-friendly farm activities like collecting eggs or
tearing out a bed in the greenhouse!

ABCs in the Kitchen
Monthly cooking tutorials offered exclusively to Stone Barns Center members at the
Forager ($500) level and above. To join, renew or upgrade your membership, contact
914 366 6200×140 or visit the Membership section of our website.
Pull up a stool in the Blue Hill at Stone Barns kitchen and learn how to bring food from
field to plate with delicious grace. During this two-hour cooking tutorial, Blue Hill at
Stone Barns Kitchen Director, Adam Kaye, will walk guests through 3-4 recipes,
exploring the potential of seasonal ingredients. The class culminates with a tasting of
the dishes—as any kitchen class should. Registration is $75/person.
Spaces can be reserved for any 2009 session. There is a limit of 2 spaces per session,
3 sessions per year. Fall and winter 2009 sessions include:
October 10: Fennel
November 14: Turkey
December 12: Winter Roots