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Praise for Jean-Martin Fortier


The Market Gardener

Jean-Martin's book is very well done and should be of great use to market growers everywhere.

-Eliot Coleman, organic farming pioneer, author, The Winter Harvest Handbook


This is a thorough farming manual that lays out a human-scale farming system centered on good growing practices and appropriate technology. Had I read this book when I was a starting farmer, I would now be farming with a walking tractor on an acre and hailing Jean-Martin as my market gardening guru! This book is going to inspire new farmers to stay small and farm profitably.

-Dan Brisebois, farmer, Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm, author, The Seed Farmer


?This is a fantastic addition to any aspiring market gardener's library, and even has a few new ideas for old hands. Jean-Martin has laid out all of the basics for how we can farm more profitability, productively, and passionately on a more human-sized scale.

-Josh Volk, Slow Hand Farm, Portland, Oregon


Jean-Martin Fortier extols the virtues of being small-scale, and expertly details the use of such scale-appropriate tools as broadforks, seeders, hoes, flame weeders, low tunnels, high tunnels, and many other unique tools, specifically designed for this brand of farming. [He provides] beginning farmers a solid framework of the information they need to start up and become successful small-scale organic growers themselves.

-Adam Lemieux, Product Manager of Tools & Supplies, Johnny's Selected Seeds







The Winter Market Gardener

The core challenge of growers in the north is learning how to feed our communities with fresh, local, real food in the winter. With great research and detailed charts, this book shows exactly how to do just that. Every grower should buy it, read it, and incorporate its ideas. An indispensable book.

-Ben Hartman, author, The Lean Micro Farm


Jean-Martin's passion for organic farming is contagious. He is always innovating, experimenting, and sharing his findings with others, and The Winter Market Gardener is no exception. This book is practical, thorough, well-researched, and an invaluable resource for cold-climate growers.

-Erin Benzakein, Floret


The essential guide for winter market gardening for the new generation of growers is here! In the face of capricious socio-economic and environmental conditions, growing food through the winter is of utmost importance. Winter market gardening meets year-round community needs for healthy local produce and sustainable profitability for small-scale farmers.

-Zach Loeks, edible ecosystem designer, author, The Two-wheel Tractor Handbook and The Permaculture Market Garden


This book was written by two people who have devoted their lives to helping feed communities better. Winter is no longer off-limits, it's open to all of us.

-Michael Kilpatrick, educator, Growing Farmers, farmer, The Farm on Central