Eliot Coleman has over fifty years 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, 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, presently operate a commercial year-round market garden, in addition to horticultural research projects, at Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine.
Booklist, Starred Review— "This 30th anniversary edition of a
foundational book on small-scale organic growing has been revised
and updated to reflect the changes that have happened in those
intervening years. Organic food is now mainstream, growing a home
food garden is commonplace, and author Coleman has developed new
techniques; all of these elements are reflected in the new content
which clarifies and expands on the original (1989) and second
(1995) editions. While it is written with a small-scale organic
farmer in mind, the information included will be highly relevant to
home growers as well, especially those starting from scratch and
looking to formulate a plan. Starting with a brief agricultural
history and moving through virtually every element a small-scale
grower would need to consider, this book is an easy-to-read,
easy-to- use expert’s guide. Appendixes include several paragraphs
each on more than two dozen of the most commonly grown (in the
U.S.) types of vegetables, the USDA North American Hardiness Zone
Map, a schematic outline of biological agriculture, recommended
tools and suppliers, and an annotated bibliography."
“The incomparable Eliot Coleman . . . serious, meticulous,
inspiring.”—New York Times
“One of America’s most innovative farmers.”—Michael Pollan
“Eliot Coleman’s book will help market gardeners establish the
vital and profitable link between farm and city. Every small-scale
grower and serious gardener should have a copy.”—Robert Rodale
“[Coleman] writes not just about gardening but about everything
that connects to good food and pleasure; a Renaissance man for a
new generation.”—Dan Barber, chef, Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone
Barns
“I know of no other person . . . who can produce better results on
the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has
transformed gardening from a task, to a craft, and finally to what
Stewart Brand would call ‘local science.’”—Paul Hawken, author of
Blessed Unrest; editor of Drawdown
“Anybody seriously tempted to try . . . raising healthful food on
healthy land . . . must first read The New Organic Grower. Coleman,
who has been a quiet leader in the American organic movement for
several decades, presents a balanced, logical exposition of his
subject.”—Horticulture
“Every page is imbued with the wisdom and careful
observations [Coleman] and his associates have gathered; from soil
structure to ‘mobile greenhouses’ . . . each method is thought
through to its ultimate impact on the earth and on economic
survival.”—Library Journal
“This is the best book on small-scale farming I’ve read in
years.”—Pat Stone, Mother Earth News
“From first sentence to last, [The New Organic Grower] is a
delight—an earnest guide written with an impish sense of humor. It
will refresh anyone who wants to get the most from a vegetable
garden yet doesn't want to devote too much time and energy to the
process.”—Publishers Weekly
“Coleman conveys a vast amount of detailed information without ever
insulting the intelligence of the reader. He speaks as if to a
fellow home or market gardener, sharing what works for him and
discussing what he knows and what he doesn't know. The New Organic
Grower will be the book you dog-ear and feather with yellow sticky
pages, returning to it time and again.”—San Francisco Chronicle
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