ELIOT COLEMAN BIOGRAPHY

Eliot Coleman is co-owner, with Barbara Damrosch, of Four Season Farm, a market garden in Harborside, Maine, which produces vegetables year-round, and has become a nationally recognized model of small-scale sustainable agriculture.

He has many years of experience in all aspects of organic farming, including field vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, rotational grazing of cattle and sheep, and range poultry. In that time he has conducted many horticultural research projects. This accumulation of knowledge has enabled him to write several books including The New Organic Grower (Chelsea Green, 1989, revised, expanded second edition, 1995), Four Season Harvest (Chelsea Green, 1992, revised, expanded second edition, 1999) and the Winter Harvest Manual.

He was the Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements for two years and was an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture in the preparation of the Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming in 1980. He has conducted study tours of organic farms, market gardens, orchards, and vineyards in Europe. Combining European ideas with his own experience he has developed a complete system of tools and equipment for organic vegetable growers. He now designs tools for Johnny's Selected Seeds.

With Barbara, he was the host of the TV series, Gardening Naturally, on The Learning Channel. He continues to share his knowledge through lectures, workshops and writing.

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