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                                 DAN BARBER
“Blue Hill at Stone Barns | Pocantico Hills
I think we’re going to see the greatest shake out of restaurants in modern history. I don’t think there’s going to be anything we can even compare it to. There’ll be a before and after moment from this pandemic, where you will look back and say, ‘I remember when all these restaurants disappeared.’
The farms that we really care about are largely supported by a good restaurant economy. With that disappearing, you’re going to lose farms that you really need. They’re taking care of soil health and creating the kind of flavors and diversity that are key to our health. That’s our vaccine.
Look at the pandemic, 90 percent of people who succumb to COVID have underlying conditions. What are underlying conditions? Something like 94 percent of underlying conditions are either diabetes, heart disease, or obesity. And what connects all three of those? It’s
I think we’re
going to see the greatest shake out of restaurants in modern history.
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NOV – DEC 2020
PHOTOS BY RICHARD BOLL (TOP), COURTESY OF BLUE HILL AT STONE BARNS (BOTTOM)

























































































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