Tony Ehinger is a respected financial executive who most recently engaged with the investment banking arm of Credit Suisse as co-head of global securities. Tony Ehinger has a passion for sustainable agriculture and maintains Sandy Farm in Morris County, New Jersey. He is a strong proponent of the farm-to-table movement, which has been championed by restaurants, small farmers, and consumers as a way of ensuring that food is healthy and promoting the local environment.

1. A “Rotation Risotto” Concept of
Incorporating Cover Crops in Cuisine
Tony Ehinger

2. Introduction
• Tony Ehinger is a respected financial executive who most
recently engaged with the investment banking arm of Credit
Suisse as co-head of global securities. Tony Ehinger has a
passion for sustainable agriculture and maintains Sandy Farm
in Morris County, New Jersey. He is a strong proponent of the
farm-to-table movement, which has been championed by
restaurants, small farmers, and consumers as a way of
ensuring that food is healthy and promoting the local
environment.
Speaking with Yale Environment 360, well-known chef Dan
Barber talked about innovations he had led to ensure that
food served was truly sustainable. Among these is Rotation
Risotto, which came about from the realization that, from the
soil fertility standpoint, wheat crops are expensive to produce.

3. Rotation Risotto
• Chef Barber wanted to create a risotto that reflected
actual crop rotations, rather than simply featuring
wheat. Work went into creating a rotation system
that includes ryes, millet, buckwheat, and cover
crops (crops planted to prevent erosion and
maintain biodiversity), which are unheralded yet
highly nutritious. Instead of simply growing these
crops, which increase the fertility of the soil, and
using them as animal feed, Chef Barber
incorporated them within his Rotation Risotto; his
vision is to combat the concept of cover crops as
simply a sunk cost involved in growing organic food.