Nationally known in the alternative agriculture movement, having worked for over thirty years as an organizer, educator, author and consultant, as well as a local organic market gardener. She has written several books and numerous articles on soil management and composting, including “The Soul of Soil”, coauthored with Joe Smillie, and “Start with the Soil”, published by Rodale Press. She was the editor of “Organic Farmer: The Digest of Sustainable Agriculture” for its four year existence. In the seventies and eighties Grace worked for the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) in many capacities, including developing its first organic certification program in 1977, and was a founding member of the Organic Trade Association. From 1994-99 she served on the staff of USDA National Organic Program, and was a principal author of its first, much maligned proposed rule. She is now consulting for the organic industry, doing a few inspections here and there, and working on a book about the real meaning of organic. Grace has taught about gardening and agriculture issues at various schools and colleges, including Goddard, Sterling, Burlington College, and now Prescott College in Arizona. A long time faculty member at the Institute for Social Ecology, she continues to serve on its Board. She lives, gardens and composts in Barnet, VT.
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