Forrest Pritchard

Forrest Pritchard (born June 1, 1974) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author and seventh-generation sustainable farmer, living at Smithfield Farm in Berryville, Virginia, United States. He is a graduate of Episcopal High School and The College of William and Mary, 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 Washington, D.C. 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 NPR and Publishers Weekly, and ''Growing Tomorrow: Behind The Scenes With 18 Sustainable Farmers Who Are Changing The Way We Eat'' (with Molly Peterson, The Experiment, 2015 ). Provided by Wikipedia