Forrest Pritchard

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| education = BA English, BS Geology

| alma_mater = College of William & Mary

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| notableworks = Gaining Ground, Growing Tomorrow, Start Your Farm

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Forrest Pritchard (born June 1, 1974) is a New York Times bestselling author{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-06-14/e-book-nonfiction/list.html?date=2015-06-14&category=e-book-nonfiction&pagewanted=print | title=E-Book Nonfiction | newspaper=The New York Times | date=14 June 2015 | accessdate=27 May 2016}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://wmalumni.com/content/tcwm/alumni/get-informed/gale/2016/growing-tomorrow.html |title=William & Mary - Growing Tomorrow |access-date=2016-07-08 |archive-date=2016-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812123350/https://wmalumni.com/content/tcwm/alumni/get-informed/gale/2016/growing-tomorrow.html |url-status=dead }} His farm, called Smith Meadows,[http://smithmeadows.com Smith Meadows] was one of the first "grass-finished" farms in the country,{{Cite web|url=http://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/gaining-ground-qa-with-forrest-pritchard/|title = Gaining Ground: Q&A with Forrest Pritchard|date = 15 July 2013}} 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, {{ISBN|9780762787258}}, no. 19 in E-books non-fiction) named a top read by NPR{{Cite web|url=http://www.splendidtable.org/story/6-food-books-for-summer-reading|title=6 food books for summer reading}} and Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web|url=http://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/summer-reads-2013/nonfiction#book/book-7|title=Best Summer Books & Summer Reading 2013 | Publishers Weekly 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 {{ISBN|9781615192847}}).