The Self-Fed Farm and Garden: A Return to the Roots of the Organic Method by Eliot Coleman
For years I’ve been wishing that there was one book that summed up all the fundamentals of organic farming. A book that was clear, concise, and supported by decades of practical experience. A book that I could hand to someone and say, “If you want to understand what organic farming is all about, read this.”
I have finally found that book! It’s Eliot Coleman’s The Self-Fed Farm and Garden: A Return to the Roots of the Organic Method (Chelsea Green, 2025).
Eliot Coleman is extremely qualified to write this book. He’s been farming organically since the 1960s. His other books, especially the New Organic Grower, are the primary texts of modern organic vegetable production in the northern United States. Most importantly, Eliot has the most extensive library of historic organic farming books that I’ve ever seen outside of a land-grant university. He sprinkles quotes from over a century of organic history throughout this book.
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