Louis bromfield biography

You may think that the work of Hollywood’s finest in climate change awareness and ecological conservation is a more recent phenomenon. However, prominent socialites, writers, and entertainers have used their fame to advocate for sustaining and building a better world for decades, including Ohio’s own Pulitzer Prize winning author and conservationist, Louis Bromfield.

Louis Bromfield was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on December 27, 1896.

In 1914, Bromfield enrolled in Cornell University’s Agricultural College to study scientific agriculture, but returned to Mansfield in 1915 to help on the family farm. In 1916, his parents sold their farm, and Bromfield studied journalism at Columbia University.

During World War I, Bromfield served in the U.S. Ambulance Service, Section Sanitaire Americain No. 557, and was recommended for the Croix de Guerre. After the war, he traveled throughout France and observed various sustainable farming techniques used to achieve self-sufficiency, meaning the t