Eliot Coleman is a pioneer of the organic farming movement. He joins us to discuss the revised and expanded edition of his classic work. He presents the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables and updates practical information on marketing the harvest, small-scale equipment, and farming and gardening for the long-term health of the soil.
Guest
Eliot Coleman has more than 50 years of experience in all aspects of organic farming, including field vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, rotational grazing of cattle and sheep, and range poultry. He is the author of “The New Organic Grower” (special 30th anniversary edition now available), “Four-Season Harvest,” and “The Winter Harvest Handbook,” as well as the instructional workshop DVD “Year-Round Vegetable Production with Eliot Coleman.” Coleman and his wife, Barbara Damrosch, currently operate a commercial year-round market garden, in addition to horticultural research projects, at Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine.
Resources
- James Beard: 2015 Leadership Award Honoree Eliot Coleman
- New England Historical Society: New England Good Life: The Great Madness of Scott Nearing
