Chelsea Green Publishing

Welcome to Chelsea Green Publishing

Chelsea Green is recognized as the leading publisher of books on the politics and practice of sustainable living. Our books bring in-depth, practical knowledge to life and give readers hands-on information related to organic and regenerative farming and gardening, ecology and the environment, healthy food, local economies and resilient communities, and integrative health and wellness. Chelsea Green publishes authors that inspire readers to become more effective environmental stewards.

In 1984, Ian and Margo Baldwin founded Chelsea Green Publishing in rural Chelsea, Vermont, later moving its offices to White River Junction, Vermont. Over the four decades that followed, Chelsea Green published nearly 1,000 books, receiving numerous awards including the ALA Notable Books List Award, PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, John Burroughs Medal, James Beard Award, Garden Globe Award, and Foreword INDIES Book of the Year, as well as numerous Nautilus Book Awards and awards from the American Horticultural Society. In 2018, the company established Chelsea Green Publishing UK, with its offices in London’s Sommerset House.

In 2019 Chelsea Green became a 100% employee-owned company through its ESOP plan until May 2024 when the company was purchased by Rizzoli International Publications, the preeminent publisher of high-quality illustrated books, based in New York and part of the leading Italian publisher Mondadori Group. With expanded worldwide reach, Chelsea Green continues its tradition of publishing the works of authors on the leading edge of ideas and practices related to sustainable living.