Craig Haney

Craig Haney's family has farmed for eight generations in the foothills of the northern Catskills. Motivated by a desire to connect our farming past with a sustainable future, Craig studied American social history at The University of Michigan. After graduation, he returned to central New York to farm and teach at The Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown.

To promote the connections between farming, food and our culture, Craig founded Skate Creek Farm, a pasture-based, organic farm that raises poultry, veal, sheep and swine. As a farmer and the shipping coordinator for Meadow Raised Meats, an association of family farmers who raise their animals on grass, Craig connected people with their food through restaurant, on-farm and Internet sales, as well as farmers' markets. Craig is now the Livestock Manager for the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and has managed the Center’s livestock program, which is built on respect for the animals’ distinct qualities, as well as their environmental heritage.