 Stacey Antine, MS, RD is the founder and CEO of HealthBarn USA, Inc., the leader in proven hands-on healthy-lifestyle education for children and their families. HealthBarn USA opened its first location at ABMA’s Farm & Market of Wyckoff, New Jersey in April 2005; and now offers its school programs at Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental Center, Westchester, NY and its wildly popular “Try it, you’ll like it” school assembly nationwide. She is a registered dietitian with a Master’s of Science in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University. Stacey has over 20 years of experience as a nutrition counselor, speaker, writer and media spokesperson — including 18 years in public relations.During her dietetic training at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City she became familiarized with the types of traditional programs available for overweight and at-risk youth. She combines her passion for nutrition and health with her public relations experience creating educational campaigns for children and adults on behalf of big name food companies to make HealthBarn USA a distinctive model for behavioral change for families’ long-term health.Stacey was honored on the Rachael Ray Show as part of Ray’s Incredible People & Healthy Eating series sponsored by the American Egg Board, click here to watch the TV segment. She writes Food Confessions with Stacey Antine, MS, RD that appears in EveryDay with Rachael Ray magazine, click here to read more. BusinessWeek Online selected Stacey as Entrepreneurs to Watch for HealthBarn USA in “She Did it Her Way,” click here to read more. Stacey and HealthBarn USA have been featured on CNN, House Calls with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, click here to watch the segment; Families First with Cindy Hsu, CBS-TV, New York click here to watch the segment; FOX-TV Good Day, NY; PBS/Nickelodeon and over 200 televsion networks across the country through Medstar TV, click here to watch the WFLA-TV (NBC) Tampa/St. Petersburg video clip. Women’s Health magazine named Stacey their Action Figure for Fighting for a Good Cause: Nutrition, click here to read more. Among nutrition professionals, Today’s Dietitian featured HealthBarn USA in Community Matters.
She was one of 10 women entrepreneurs to win the Make Mine a Million $ Business Competition, sponsored by AMEX Open, Count Me In and other major corporations for HealthBarn USA. Stacey is a member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), has a certification in childhood and adolescent weight management ADA and is appointed to the ADA’s RD Communications Council for its national Kids Eat Right campaign. Stacey is also appointed to the advisory board of the master’s degree program in nutrition communication at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. She is an adjunct teacher at Speyer Legacy School in New York City where she developed and teaches its optimal health curricula for students. She wrote the foreword for Great Expectations: Best Food for Your Baby & Toddlers and the nutrition commentary for celebrity chef and HealthBarn USA advisory board member Curtis Aikens’ book, Cooking is a Family Affair. In addition, Stacey is an alumnus of Bergen LEADS class of 2010, a leadership program for people who want to make Bergen County a better place to live and work. |
 Molly Fallon, RD is a Registered Dietitian who came to HealthBarn USA during her dietetic internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and never left! Her nutrition career is definitely off to a unique start at the barn where she spends most of her day on the balance ball enrolling kids in our year-round programs, scheduling field trips and assemblies and making everyone feel welcome. Molly is the general manager and definitely your go-to person for all questions, so don’t hesitate to ask!She received her B.S. in Dietetics with a concentration in Weight Management from the University of Delaware in 2009. Her experiences both during her internship and in an inner city hospital truly shaped her passions in the field of nutrition. She found the large volume of hospital admissions for diet and lifestyle related diseases due to a lack of education frustrating. This is when Molly realized the importance of prevention and the need for education in our healthcare system, especially for young children. |
 Jill Pettit, MS joined the HealthBarn USA team in fall 2005. She has a master’s in art education and is a certified New York State (NYS) teacher Long Island University, C.W. Post. She loves to teach kids about living a healthy-lifestyle and helps train new HealthBarn USA educators, too. She teaches the Seedlings, Sprouts, Harvesters, school field trips and our programs for children with special needs. Jill is our resident artist who created the amazing mural in the barn! She brings fresh, natural creative ideas to the curricula and always has a warm smile and enthusiast attitude as she takes part in the development of the children’s healthy behaviors!Prior to joining the HealthBarn USA team, Jill was teaching private art classes for children and adults in addition to maintaining a career in painting original works of art. Some of her accomplishments include a painting featured on Isaac, a nationally broadcast television show; and designing and creating all of the artwork for Sonic Fuel, a music production studio in Venice, CA. She continues to paint and create on her days off from teaching the Seedlings and Sprouts at HealthBarn USA. |
 Justin Allen joined the team in spring 2006 seeking experience in educating kids on healthy habits! After volunteering for only three weeks, his garden skills and knowledge about food and nutrition gained him a job as a HealthBarn USA summer camp educator. He now specializes in garden education and is HealthBarn USA’s plant whisperer! Justin has a nutritional science degree from Rutgers University and completed the dietetic internship program at Montclair State University. His plant knowledge is self-taught and was gained by gardening with his family since he was a seedling!Along with taking care of the HealthBarn USA garden, Justin spends his free time taking care of his own garden and enjoys outdoor activities such as snowboarding and surfing. He loves to cook and eat good food and appreciates the opportunity to make a difference for kids and their long-term health! |
 Lisa Adler, MS, RD joined the team in fall 2007 with over 15 years of experience in clinical nutrition, teaching college nutrition, and private practice. She considers herself lucky to have worked with leading health clubs and spas in New York City including, Chelsea Piers and Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon. Lisa learned about HealthBarn USA when she volunteered during a HealthBarn USA assembly at her son’s school. She saw firsthand how effective our programs are when her picky five year old choose to try new foods at the assembly that he would never have tried at home!Lisa is a HealthBarn USA educator and you can find her teaching school assemblies, school field trips and our healthy-lifestyle programs for children with special needs. She is all about being healthy and having fun; and practices what she preaches at the barn and at home with her two boys and dog, too! |
 Kay Truckenmiller is the ultimate master gardener and spends her time looking after the Seedlings and the HealthBarn USA team. Cooking is a family affair at the Trunkenmiller home, she is always whipping up healthy recipes for us to try at lunch-time, since there is no such thing as “take out” at the barn! You can also spot Kay at school assemblies all over New Jersey either at the whole grain tasting station or busy making the Rainbow Swirley for eager students who can’t get enough of the fresh, all-natural food! Kay has been with the HealthBarn USA team since Fall 2005 and comes to us with high marks from Joel Flagler, Rutgers University. |
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 Margaret Dunn-Carver, MS has a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Vermont (UVM). For her graduate studies, she focused on early childhood obesity prevention research. As part of her undergraduate and graduate work at UVM, she worked behind the scenes for a behavioral weight loss research team. In addition to her educational pursuits, she seeks out a variety of experiences with the common thread of health and nutrition. Margaret interned as a nutrition educator and cooking instructor at a youth summer farm program, taught healthy cooking classes to adults with developmental disabilities, volunteered for the Hunger Free Vermont non-profit program, and acted as a volunteer coordinator for her local community garden in Winooski, Vermont. In addition, she is a certified yoga teacher and has been teaching yoga for over 6 years to children and adults. She is thrilled to continue to follow her passion for cooking, farming, and health at HealthBarn USA. |
 Joel Flagler, MS is a full professor with Rutgers University and serves as the agricultural agent for Bergen County, NJ. He has been a registered horticultural therapist since 1984 and has investigated people/plant relationships for over 25 years. Joel is the editor of two books and author of many professional journal articles. He has received numerous national and regional awards for his work in agriculture and horticulture and has garnered several million dollars in grants and funding for his horticultural therapy programs. Joel received his bachelor of science from Rutgers University Cook College and his master’s degrees from Yale University. |
 Mollie Kurshan joined the HealthBarn USA team in spring 2007 after reading the Women’s Health magazine article about Stacey and HealthBarn USA as a junior in high school! She is now an undergraduate studying food and nutrition at New York Univeristy. Mollie is passionate about healthy eating and she helps out wherever needed, especially assisting at The Speyer Legacy School in New York City during HealthBarn USA’s optimal health program and during the summer camp programs. Her favorite part of HealthBarn USA is learning about nutrition and eating! In her free time, Mollie likes being active, food shopping, cooking healthy meals, and being environmentally conscious by recycling and reusing. |
