Blue Marble Ice Cream

For kids who like ice cream, and parents who care where their food comes from, Blue Marble is a dream come true. The ice cream is made in small batches by third-generation dairy farmer/ice cream maker Matt White, with milk and cream from Natural by Nature, a collective of organic farms in Lancaster, PA. Chocolates are Fair Trade, from a farmers’ cooperative in Ghana; coffee is certified by the Rainforest Alliance and roasted by Irving Farm; teas are from Sebastien Beckwith, whose In Pursuit of Tea is helping to support small, traditional tea plantations in rural Asia; Baked in Red Hook provides the cookies, brownies, muffins etc., and Bergen Bagels provides you-know-what, with grass-fed organic butter or cream cheese. With all that and a play space, the only problem is getting the kids to come home.