THE CHEFS AND THE FARMERS
Austin
THE CHEF BRYCE GILMORE is the executive chef and owner of Barley Swine and Odd Duck in Austin, Texas. He was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs in 2011, and GQ included Barley Swine on its list of best new restaurants in 2012.
www.barleyswine.com
THE FARMER NATHAN HEATH is the owner and farmer at Phoenix Farms in Bastrop, Texas, where he works with his wife, Shayda, and his mother, Cindy. He recently started a program to help teach farming to people who are considering the field.
www.phoenixfarmstx.com
Chicago
THE CHEF PAUL KAHAN has earned international acclaim for his Chicago restaurants, including The Publican, Blackbird, Avec, and Nico Osteria. He won the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef award in 2013 and was a Food & Wine Best New Chef in 1999, but considers mentoring young chefs his biggest accomplishment.
www.oneoffhospitality.com
THE FARMER DAVID CLEVERDON is the owner and farmer at Kinnikinnick Farm in Caledonia, Illinois, and a member of the board of Chicago’s Greencity Market and the Frontera Farmer Foundation.
www.kinnikinnickfarm.com
Cleveland
THE CHEF MICHAEL SYMON is the chef/owner of restaurants in Cleveland and Detroit. He is a host of ABC’s The Chew and has appeared on several Food Network shows. He was one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs in 1998 and James Beard’s Best Chef: Great Lakes in 2009.
www.lolitarestaurant.com
THE FARMER MAGGIE FITZPATRICK is the farm manager at Refugee Response on the Ohio City Farm in Cleveland, Ohio, where she helps educate and train refugees resettling in the Cleveland area.
www.refugeeresponse.com
Las Vegas
THE CHEF DOUG TAYLOR ran the pastry program at Carnevino, B&B Ristorante, and Otto Pizzeria in Las Vegas. He cofounded one of the first farmers’ markets in Las Vegas, Bet on the Farm.
www.bandbristorante.com
THE FARMER JON CHODACKI is the orchard manager at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Orchard in North Las Vegas. His research includes studying efficient ways to grow crops in the Southern Nevada desert.
www.unce.unr.edu/counties/clark
Los Angeles
THE CHEF MATT MOLINA is the executive chef at Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles. In 2012, he won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: Pacific.
www.osteriamozza.com
THE FARMER ALEX WEISER is a farmer at the family-owned Weiser Family Farms based in Tehachapi, California, where the farms host events to benefit organizations such as the children’s cancer charity Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
www.weiserfamilyfarms.com
Nashville
THE CHEF ERIK ANDERSON was the executive chef of The Catbird Seat in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2012, he was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs, and The Catbird Seat was named one of the country’s best new restaurants by Bon Appétit and GQ.
www.thecatbirdseatrestaurant.com
THE FARMER KAREN OVERTON is a fourth-generation farmer at Wedge Oak Farm in Lebanon, Tennessee. She sells chicken, duck, eggs, and pork to restaurants and at farmers’ markets in and around Nashville.
www.wedgeoakfarm.com
New York City
THE CHEF DAN DROHAN has been cooking in Italian restaurants since he was fourteen and was hired at Otto Enoteca and Pizzeria in New York City in 2004. He has been the executive chef there since 2005.
www.ottopizzeria.com
THE FARMER TIM STARK is the owner and farmer at Eckerton Hill Farm in Lobachsville, Pennsylvania, two hours west of New York City. He sells his tomatoes and vegetables to restaurants in the city, and at the Union Square Greenmarket.
www.eckertonhillfarm.com
Rockland, Maine
THE CHEF MELISSA KELLY is the chef/owner of Primo Restaurant in Rockland, Maine, which Bon Appétit named one of its 20 Most Important Restaurants in America in 2013. The restaurant also has locations in Orlando and Tucson. She won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: Northeast in 1999 and 2013.
www.primorestaurant.com
THE FARMER JEFF “SMOKEY” MCKEEN farms oysters on the Damariscotta River in Maine with his partners in Pemaquid Oyster Company. With his band Old Grey Goose, he tours the world playing traditional music of the region. Each September, he helps host an oyster festival in Damariscotta.
www.pemaquidoysters.com
San Francisco
THE CHEF BRUCE HILL is the chef/partner of several San Francisco–area restaurants, including Picco, Fog City, Bix, and Zero Zero. In 1997, he was named a Rising Star Chef by Wine Spectator magazine.
www.fogcitysf.com
THE FARMER ANDY GRIFFIN is the owner and farmer at Mariquita Farm, based in Watsonville, California. Mariquita serves about fifty restaurants in the San Francisco area and area families through a community-sponsored agriculture program.
www.mariquita.com
Seattle
THE CHEF MATT DILLON is the chef/owner of several restaurants in Seattle, Washington, including Sitka & Spruce, The Corson Building, and Bar Sajor. He won the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: Northwest award in 2012 and was one of Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chefs in 2007.
www.sitkaandspruce.com
THE FARMER PIERRE MONNAT is the farmer at Old Chaser Farm on Vashon Island, Washington, where he raises vegetables and livestock for a community-sponsored agriculture program. He also shears sheep across Washington.
www.oldchaserfarm.com
Suttons Bay, Michigan
THE CHEF CAMMIE BUEHLER is the managing partner and co-owner of Epicure Catering in Omena, Michigan, with chef/co-owner Andy Schudlich. Events and menus designed by Cammie and Andy celebrate the food and farmers of Northern Michigan.
www.caterleelanau.com
THE FARMER JIM BARDENHAGEN is the owner and farmer at Bardenhagen Farms in Suttons Bay, Michigan, where he grows apples, sweet and tart cherries, and potatoes. He is the fifth generation of the family to farm the land.
www.bardenhagenfarms.com
Tampa
THE CHEF GREG BAKER is the chef and co-owner of The Refinery and Fodder & Shine in Tampa, Florida. He’s a frequent James Beard Foundation nominee, and his menu incorporates classic technique with nearly lost Florida ingredients, which he aims to resurrect.
www.thetamparefinery.com
THE FARMER REBECCA KRASSNOSKI is the owner of Nature Delivered Farm near Tampa, Florida. She is a minimalist farmer who lives in a tiny, off-grid house utilizing passive systems, repurposed materials, and other sustainable methods to economically raise pigs for restaurants.
www.naturedeliveredfarm.com
Vail, Colorado
THE CHEF KELLY LIKEN’s “live in season” tenet inspires her work as the chef/owner of Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail, Colorado. She is a frequent James Beard Foundation nominee and has appeared on Iron Chef America and Top Chef.
www.kellyliken.com
THE FARMER THE VAIL FARMERS MARKET is open on Sundays from June to October. Vendors include Miller Farms, a family farm in Platteville since 1949; Jumpin’ Good Goat Dairy, a cheesemaker in Buena Vista; Eat a Peach, a farm based in Palisade; and Ripe, which sells produce from farmers around the state.
www.millerfarms.net / www.jumpingoodgoats.com
Washington, D.C.
THE CHEF JOSÉ ANDRÉS is the chef/owner of more than a dozen restaurants in locations from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., and is a noted food advocate/philanthropist. In 2012, he won the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef award and was named to Time magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People.
www.joseandres.com
THE FARMER JIM CRAWFORD is the owner and farmer at New Morning Farm in Hustontown, Pennsylvania. He helped start the Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative, which organizes the distribution of crops from about fifty farmers in central Pennsylvania to the Washington, D.C., area.
www.newmorningfarm.net
