by Eliot Coleman, 208 pages, 6x9, hardcover. Maine farmer and legendary organic pioneer Eliot Coleman brings us the distillation of his nearly 60 years of farming “beyond” organically. Ever the scholar, Coleman connects us to farmers of old and untangles the history of our modern paradigm whereby organic farming often means trading chemical fertility and pest control for the organic equivalents. Coleman urges us to break free from potentially contaminated off-farm inputs and instead relearn the once-standard practices of managing soil fertility directly on the farm through green manures, cover crops, crop rotation and shallow cultivation. The result is a farm free from pollutants, and a farmer empowered with tools to manage soil health independently. The self-fed farm can feed people in perpetuity, without depletion of the soil, unaffected by the economics of purchased inputs. His methods work on any scale, and will inspire and empower farmers and gardeners alike. -Robin Storm
NEW!The Self-Fed Farm and Garden: A Return to the Roots of the Organic Method
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