Farm-to-Table Dinner at Rancocas Creek Farm
Saturday, August 2, 2025 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Located at 17 Pemberton Rd, Southampton, NJ 08088
Enjoy fresh, seasonal local food sourced within 100 miles of the Rancocas Creek Farm and prepared by chef Jeffrey A. Miller and his staff. This one-of-a-kind dinner will be served family-style in the gorgeous, renovated dairy barn at Rancocas Creek Farm.
Begin your evening with a farm tour or jump right to cocktail hour, followed by an exceptionally fine dining experience where we will share the story of each course throughout the evening.
Tickets are $200 per person, which includes a gourmet meal, locally brewed beer, regionally sourced fine wines, a specialty cocktail, locally roasted coffee, and dessert. Seating is family-style at the long farm tables in our soaring loft. Tickets are tax-deductible, minus $75.
Arrive early for an optional special tour of the Rancocas Creek Farm with farm manager Jeff Tober. The walking tour will start at 4:30 pm and we promise to get you back in time for cocktail hour.
Attire is business casual. Registration is closed for this event. To be added to the waiting list contact Becky at 609-859-8860 ext 121 or becky@pinelandsalliance.org.
The barn at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the loft where the dinner will take place. You can notify us about any dietary needs when you register.
Supporting regenerative agriculture:
Funds raised from this year’s Garden State Plate dinner will allow Rancocas Creek Farm to expand our chemical-free food growing abilities and create more habitat on the farm to support birds, butterflies, bees, native pollinators and better manage stormwater to reduce flooding and recharge our aquifer.
Our wish list includes a no-till roller crimper and no-till seed drill, more fruit trees and trellising equipment to grow our blackberry production, additional solar panels to sustainably power the farm, and expanding our deer fence to allow us to grow more fresh produce.
Fundraising from the 2024 Garden State Plate dinner helped us install an irrigation system that makes our farm far more efficient and build much needed cold storage for our produce.
garden state plate Farms & Farmers:
Learn more about a few of the farms participating in this year’s Garden State Plate. More farms are being added.
Jeff Tober, Farm Manager at Rancocas Creek Farm, a regenerative chemical-free farm run by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance in Southampton, NJ where all food is grown using organic methods. Rancocas Creek Farm works hard to be good stewards of our soils, our water and biodiversity. Rancocas Creek Farm operates a CSA providing fresh, chemical-free produce to shareholders, sells to local restaurants, and donates food to those in need.
Kyle Smith, owner and farmer at Smith Poultry, a poultry and pig farm based in Williamstown, NJ. Smith Poultry is a small Air Force veteran owned farm whose passions are sustainability, community and education. Their pigs and poultry are pasture-raised with no antibiotics or hormones and feed is 100% GMO free.
Jullian Alvarez, The Mushroom Sage is a mushroom grower and forager based in Hammonton, NJ. The Mushroom Sage sells a wide variety of gourmet and wild mushrooms along with mushroom grow kits and various different mushroom products. Classes and private consultations are also offered. Lions mane, Shiitake, Maitake, Gray, Yellow, and King oyster mushrooms are usually available with other specialty species grown in smaller batches or upon request.
Jonathan and Nina White, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, are pioneers of modern-day, farmstead cheeses in the USA and are located in Milford, NJ. Over the decades, Bobolink has raised the standard for artisanal cheeses in the U.S. They were recognized at the International Farmstead Cheese Competition in Lyon, France with a Silver Medal and have been awarded Slow Food’s Snail of Approval.
Fred and Danielle Wainwright from Clover Valley Family Farm, a third-generation pasture-raised beef farm in Vincentown, NJ. Fred and Danielle started their beef herd in 2012 and found their forever home farm in Southampton NJ. They are passionate about the health and well-being of all livestock and being able to provide superior products.
Your Chef for the evening:
Your food is being prepared by the exceptional culinary staff of Jeffrey A. Miller Hospitality Group. Jeffrey and his staff set themselves a challenge for this special farm-to-table dinner. All of the major ingredients will come from farms within a 100-mile radius of the Rancocas Creek Farm. This challenge has led them down some creative culinary paths!
Chef/Owner Jeffrey Miller had the privilege to apprentice at some of the most revered restaurants in New York (La Cote Basque, Le Cirque, An American Place, Bouley) and on the Continent (France’s Michelin-starred Moulin de Mougins, and London’s Simpsons-in-the-Strand). The creativity in presentation, emphasis on freshness, and attention to detail that he learned at these world-class restaurants have helped create the high standards that define Jeffrey Miller cuisine today.
Your Hosts:
The Pinelands Preservation Alliance is a nonprofit organization established in 1989 to protect New Jersey’s Pineland National Reserve so all people can enjoy the benefits of open space, fresh air and clean water. In addition to our advocacy work, the Alliance operates Pinelands Adventures, an outdoor recreation program aimed at fostering public understanding of and devotion to the Pinelands, and Rancocas Creek Farm, a regenerative, chemical-free farm devoted to caring for nature and feeding our community with healthy, sustainably grown food.
Jeffrey A. Miller Hospitality Group is the exclusive caterer for private events held at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance. From weddings to corporate and nonprofit gatherings to intimate celebrations, they bring your vision to life with expert event planning, décor, equipment and concierge services. Catered events at the Alliance generate revenue to protect New Jersey’s Pinelands and support sustainable farming efforts. They endeavor to promote sustainability through their operation.
Enjoy an experience like nothing you have had before…
This dinner will help spread the word about the value and creative possibilities of enjoying locally-grown ingredients from regenerative farms. Events like these benefit the work of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance to promote regenerative, chemical-free farming in and around the Pinelands region.
Questions? Contact Becky at becky@pinelandsalliance.org or 609-859-8860 ext 121.