When it comes to marrying fine food with ecologically sound farming,Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculturein Pocantico Hills, New York, is an inspiring example of talking the talk and walking the walk. This nonprofit center is a working farm on a mission: to practice, teach, and promote local, community-based food production. What has made this unique venture possible is financing by David Rockefeller inmemory of his wife, Peggy, a hands-on cattle farmer, who was deeply committed to farmland and farm communities. “We’re hoping to create more awareness about where food comes from, whether it’s through visiting the farm, attending a class, or eating dinner at the restaurant,” says Dan Barber, Stone Barns Center’s creative director. “Connecting to the world around us through good food—what could be tastier than that?”