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> [Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could be solved by making better compost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/producing-quality-compost-is-the-most-important-job-on-the-organic/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

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> [Information is like compost; it does no good unless you spread it around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/information-is-like-compost-it-does-no-good-unless-you-spread-it/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

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## More by Eliot Coleman

> [“vegetable growers. The information in The Winter Harvest Handbook complements and updates the winter-harvest chapters in this earlier book. Gerst, Jean-Jacques. Legumes sous baches.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/vegetable-growers-the-information-in-the-winter-harvest-handbook/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

> [“We can discover such civilized eating again”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/we-can-discover-such-civilized-eating-again/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

> [Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/producing-quality-compost-is-the-most-important-job-on-the-organic/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

> [Information is like compost; it does no good unless you spread it around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/information-is-like-compost-it-does-no-good-unless-you-spread-it/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

> [The only truly dependable production technologies are those that are sustainable over the long term. By that very definition, they must avoid erosion, pollution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/the-only-truly-dependable-production-technologies-are-those-that-are/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

> [Organic farming appealed to me because it involved searching for and discovering nature's pathways, as opposed to the formulaic approach of chemical farming. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliot-coleman/organic-farming-appealed-to-me-because-it-involved-searching-for-and/)

[Eliot Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliot-coleman/)

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