Forrest Pritchard (born June 1, 1974) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author and seventh-generation sustainable farmer, living at

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in Berryville, Virginia, United States. He is a graduate of Episcopal High School and

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, where he won the Academy of American Poets prize in 1996. His farm, called Smith Meadows, was one of the first "grass-finished" farms in the country, and sells at farmers' markets in the

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area. His books include the ''New York Times'' bestseller ''Gaining Ground, A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food and Saving the Family Farm'' (Lyons, 2013, , no. 19 in E-books non-fiction) named a top read by

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, and ''Growing Tomorrow: Behind The Scenes With 18 Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing The Way We Eat'' (with Molly Peterson, The Experiment, 2015 ).

Works

* Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm (2013). * Growing Tomorrow: A Farm-to-Table Journey in Photos and Recipes: Behind the Scenes with 18 Extraordinary Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing the Way We Eat (2015). * Start Your Farm: The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st Century Farmer (2018).

References

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