Eliot Coleman

Eliot has over 30 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 (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 has contributed chapters to three scientific books on organic agriculture and has written extensively on the subject since 1975. He also wrote the foreward to Keeping Food Fresh: Old World Techniques and Recipes (1999), by the gardeners and farmers of Terre Vivant.

During his careers as a commercial market gardener, the director of agricultural research projects, and as a teacher and lecturer on organic gardening he has studied, practiced and perfected his craft. He served for two years as the Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements and was an advisor to the US Department of Agriculture during their landmark 1979-80 study, Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming.

He has conducted study tours of organic farms, market gardens, orchards, and vineyards in Europe and has successfully combined European ideas with his own to develop and popularize a complete system of tools and equipment for organic vegetable growers. He shares that expertise through his lectures and writings, and has served as a tool consultant to a number of companies. He presently consults and designs tools for Johnny's Selected Seeds.

With his wife Barbara Damrosch, he was the host of the TV series Gardening Naturally on The Learning Channel. He and Barbara presently operate a commercial year-round market garden, in addition to horticultural research projects, at Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine.

For more information visit fourseasonfarm.com.

Eliot's Upcoming Events

• Eliot Coleman keynote at Seed Savers Exchange 29th Annual Summer Conference
  
  Heritage Farm, Decorah IA
  July 18, 2009, 9:00 am

  Eliot Coleman will deliver the keynote speech at the 29th Annual Summer Conference of Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, IA on July 18th. Eliot's wife Barbara will also take part in the conference. Visit the website above or call (563) 382-5990 to learn more.

• Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch at Four Season Farm Dinner
  
  Four Season Farm, Harborside ME
  August 16, 2009, 7:00 pm

  Eliot Coleman and his wife Barbara Damrosch will host an "Outstanding in the Field" series dinner at Four Season Farm on August 16th. Visit the website above to learn more.

• Eliot Coleman at Wing Haven Gardens 2009 Symposium
  
  248 Ridgewood Avenue, Charlotte NC 28209
  October 22, 2009, 9:00 am

  Eliot Coleman will speak, along with his wife Barbara Damrosch, at "Beauty and Bounty in the Garden" - the 2009 Wing Haven Gardens Symposium - taking place October 22-23 in Charlotte, NC. Call 704.331.0664 to learn more.