Eliot Coleman | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
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| Subject | organic farming |
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| Spouse | Barbara Damrosch |
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Eliot Coleman (born 1938) is an American farmer, author, agricultural researcher and educator, and proponent of organic farming. He wrote The New Organic Grower.[1][2][3] He served for two years as Executive Director of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), and was an advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture during its 1979–80 study, Report and Recommendations on Organic Farming, a document that formed the basis for today's legislated National Organic Program (2002) in the U.S.[4]
On his Four Season Farm in Harborside, Brooksville, Maine, on Cape Rosier, he produces year-round vegetable crops, even under harsh winter conditions (for which he uses unheated and minimally heated greenhouses and polytunnels). He even manages to grow artichokes, claiming that "I grow them just to make the Californians nervous."[5]
Coleman is married to gardening author Barbara Damrosch.[5] For several years, from 1993, they co-hosted the TV series, Gardening Naturally, on The Learning Channel. Coleman and his wife continue to grow and locally market fresh produce.
- ^ Coleman 1989
- ^ Coleman 1995
- ^ Coleman 2018
- ^ DeVault, George (August–September 2009). "The New USDA: A New Hope for Organic Farming?". Mother Earth News (Ogden Publications, Inc.). Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ a b Bittman, Mark (August 17, 2011). "New Farmers Find Their Footing". The New York Times: 23.