The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Dan Barber

Chef Dan Barber

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AGE: 39
OCCUPATION: Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Barber's upstate New York restaurant and farm around it have become not only foodie destinations, but models of ingenuity in sustainable agriculture.

CON: His hopes for a nation of smaller, more manageable farms face challenges from agricultural companies and apathetic consumers.

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