Farm-to-Table Dinner at Rancocas Creek Farm
Saturday, August 1, 2026 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.
New for 2026! Cocktail hour takes place from 5 pm to 6:30 pm. During cocktail hour, enjoy local wine, beer, and a specialty cocktail. Take a tour of Rancocas Creek Farm at 5 pm, browse a few local farm vendors offering honey, baked goods, and more. Enjoy exceptional appetizers and create your own special floral arrangement with flowers picked fresh for you right from the fields of Rancocas Creek Farm.
At 6:30 pm, you will be invited to dine in our soaring barn loft, where we will share the story of each course throughout the evening.
Tickets include a gourmet meal, locally brewed beer, regionally sourced fine wines, a specialty cocktail, locally roasted coffee, flowers, and dessert. Seating is family-style at the long farm tables in our soaring loft. Tickets are tax-deductible, minus $75.
Attire is farm-friendly – business casual.
The barn at the Pinelands 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 past Garden State Plate dinners have allowed Rancocas Creek Farm to expand our chemical-free food-growing abilities, create more habitat on the farm to support birds, butterflies, bees, and other native pollinators, and better manage stormwater to reduce flooding and recharge our aquifer. Funds also helped us install an irrigation system that makes our farm far more efficient and build much-needed cold storage for our produce.
2026 garden state plate Farms & Farmers:
Learn more about some of the farms participating in this year’s Garden State Plate.
Jeff Tober, Farm Manager at Rancocas Creek Farm, a regenerative chemical-free farm run by the Pinelands 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.
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.
Jason Shoff, Mill Creek Apiary based in Medford NJ offers raw, unfiltered honey sourced from their own hives and from a trusted network of local and regional beekeepers who share our commitment to quality and sustainable practices. They provide a wide variety of high-quality honey and support responsible beekeeping and healthy pollination. They offer nationwide shipping of their real, raw, unfiltered honey.
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 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 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 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.
