11 Facts About Will Bonsall

Will Bonsall is an American author, seed saver and veganic farmer who lives in Maine.

Will Bonsall is a regular speaker about seed saving, organic farming and veganic farming.

Will Bonsall graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1971 and moved to San Francisco and hiked across the US and Mexico.

Will Bonsall later returned to Maine to build a homestead on 85 acres in Industry, Maine called Khadighar Farm.

Will Bonsall is the founder of the Scatterseed Project and does write for organic gardening publications, does talks about gardening, and he does share vegan recipes.

Will Bonsall couldn't get the funding or the labor he needed to keep growing so many thousands of seeds.

Will Bonsall is a vegan and a proponent of veganic farming, which doesn't use animal products such as manure.

In 2019, Will Bonsall shared his recipe for succotash with PBS program Kitchen Vignettes.

In late 2021, Will Bonsall briefly mentioned he was going through a divorce with his-former wife, Molly Thorkildsen while teaching some students about composting.

Will Bonsall mentioned that he was 72 years old, although an exact date of birth is still unknown.

Will Bonsall has one of the largest Jerusalem artichoke seed collections in North America, and has more varieties of parsnip seeds than just about anybody anywhere.