The New Organic Grower by Eliot Coleman There was a time (before kids, before a bustling seed company, before all the spreadsheets) that I’d start every winter by reading this book. Eliot Coleman presented everything in a series of cycles and systems that flowed into each other and supported each other. And it was done … More Farmer Book Club: The New Organic Grower
The last stretch of our June 2012 road trip took Emily and I through Maine. We planned on arriving in Maine just in time to catch the Restoring Heritage Wheat Seminar in Unity Maine. As it turned out, I thought the event was on a Saturday when it was actually on a Friday. This got … More Road Trip: Four Seasons Farm and The Good Life Center
This is a book review I wrote for Canadian Organic Growers new website for their magazine (https://magazine.cog.ca) and to help promote translate Le Jardinier-Maraîcher. Last fall, Jean-Martin Fortier published Le Jardinier-Maraîcher (French for The Market Gardener) about growing organic vegetable profitably on a small acreage. This is a thorough farming manual that lays out a … More Book Review: Le Jardinier-Maraîcher