In this conversation, Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch will share stories of Scott & Helen Nearing—the homesteaders who shaped their lives—and explore what the Nearings’ revolutionary politics and radical experiment in simple living still has to teach a world hungry for alternatives.

Barbara Damrosch has been growing food and writing about it for nearly fifty years. Author of The Garden Primer, her most recent book is A Life in the Garden, part memoir, part growing guide, and an absolute delight to read. Eliot Coleman has been farming organically since the 1960s and is internationally known for his work on sustainable agriculture and year-round growing. His most recent book, The Self-Fed Farm and Garden, shows how growers can build lasting soil fertility from within the farm itself. Together, they live at Four Season Farm, right here in Harborside, Maine.

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