{{Short description|American conservationist (born 1954)}} {{distinguish|Amy Farrah Fowler}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Goldman Fowler | image = AmyPGoldman2010.jpg | alt = | caption = Goldman in 2010 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = | parents = Sol Goldman <br>Lillian Schuman Goldman | spouse = Cary Fowler (m. 2012) | family = Allan H. Goldman (brother)<br> Diane Goldman Kemper (sister)<br>Jane Goldman (sister)<br> Lloyd Goldman (cousin) | website = {{URL|amygoldmanfowler.com/}} }} '''Amy Goldman Fowler''' (born 1954) is an American billionaire heiress, gardener, author, artist, philanthropist, and advocate for seed saving and heirloom fruits and vegetables. She is one of the foremost heirloom plant conservationists in the US. Goldman has been called "perhaps the world's premier vegetable gardener" by Gregory Long, president emeritus of The New York Botanical Garden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Botanical Garden |url=https://www.nybg.org/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=www.nybg.org/ |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Fowler is the daughter of Lillian (née Schuman) and Sol Goldman.<ref name=NYMAGMidas>{{Google books |id=x-cCAAAAMBAJ |page=32 |title=New York Magazine: "The Midas Curse" by Dinitia Smith }} April 3, 1989</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/22/classified/paid-notice-deaths-goldman-lillian.html |work=The New York Times |title=Paid Notice: Deaths Goldman, Lillian |date=August 22, 2002}}</ref> She has three siblings: Allan H. Goldman, Diane Goldman Kemper, and Jane Goldman.<ref name=NYTObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/19/obituaries/sol-goldman-major-real-estate-investor-dies.html |title=Sol Goldman, Major Real-Estate Investor, Dies |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 19, 1987 }}</ref> Her father was the largest non-institutional real estate investor in New York City in the 1980s, owning nearly 1900 commercial and residential properties.<ref name=NYTObit /> Her siblings, Allan Goldman and Jane Goldman manage the remaining real estate assets via the firm Solil Management.<ref name=RealDeal$6B>[http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/striking-goldman/ The Real Deal: "Sol Goldman’s $6B portfolio in play, as children accelerate dealmaking" By Adam Pincus] April 01, 2013</ref> Her cousin, Lloyd Goldman, is a real-estate investor in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122108942858221349 |title=Meet the Other Trade Center Builder |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=September 11, 2008 }}</ref>
Goldman earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Barnard College (1976), a master's in developmental psychology from Columbia University's Teachers College (1978), and a doctorate in clinical psychology (PhD) from Oklahoma State University in 1984.
==Career== {{expand section|date=August 2024}} Goldman is an American businesswoman and gardener. She has been profiled by ''The New York Times'' in 2004,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=2004-11-24 |title=Carve the Pumpkin, Eat the Squash |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/books/carve-the-pumpkin-eat-the-squash.html |access-date=September 16, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{cite news|title=A Feast for the Eyes|first=Adrian|last=Higgins|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 25, 2004|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6970-2004Nov23.html}}</ref> ''The New York Sun'' in 2007<ref>[http://www.nysun.com/food-drink/most-treasured-heirlooms/65600 "Most Treasured Heirlooms", ''The New York Sun'', October 31, 2007. ]</ref> and several other publications including ''Organic Style''<ref>"Paradise Regained", ''Organic Style'', March 1, 2004. {{cite web|url=http://www.rareforms.com/article_on_amy_10.htm |title=Rare Forms by Amy Goldman |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303122955/http://www.rareforms.com/article_on_amy_10.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2007 }}</ref> and ''Horticulture'' magazine.<ref>Thyme for a Change; Horticulture, March 2007. http://www.hortmag.com/article/Thyme_For_A_Change</ref> In 2007, Goldman also appeared on ''Martha Stewart Living'' TV<ref>Appearance on Martha Stewart Living. {{cite web|url=http://www.rareforms.com/video_01.htm |title=Rare Forms by Amy Goldman |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305141756/http://www.rareforms.com/video_01.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2007 }}</ref> and PBS' ''The Victory Garden''.<ref>Appearance on ''The Victory Garden''. {{cite web|url=http://www.rareforms.com/video_02.htm |title=Rare Forms by Amy Goldman |access-date=July 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305141906/http://www.rareforms.com/video_02.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2007 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== Goldman is the author of five books. These were illustrated by the photographer Victor Schrager.
''Melons for the Passionate Grower'' (Artisan, 2002) was nominated for several other awards including: The Garden Writers Association of America 2003 Garden Globe Award of Achievement, various Bookbinder's Awards for design and production, a James Beard Foundation Award (Reference Books category) and the International Association of Culinary Professionals award for Best Design.
''The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower's Guide To Pumpkins, Squashes and Gourds'' (Artisan, 2004) was a 2005 American Horticultural Society Book Award-winner, and won a bronze award of achievement from The Garden Writers Association of America.
''The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table – Recipes, Portraits and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit'' was published by Bloomsbury in 2008. It was a recipient of the American Horticultural Society's 2009 Book Award.
''Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures'' (Bloomsbury, 2015) is illustrated by daguerreotypist Jerry Spagnoli. The book has more than 175 photographs of fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, and berries grown by Goldman on her 200-acre Hudson Valley farmstead. Goldman's essay, "Fruits of the Earth", describes her 25-year collaboration with the land. ''Heirloom Harvest'' has appeared in ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news|title = Arresting black-and-white photos expose the beauty of ordinary vegetables|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/arresting-black-and-white-photos-expose-the-beauty-of-ordinary-vegetables/2015/10/27/1f98be50-7825-11e5-a958-d889faf561dc_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = October 27, 2015|access-date = November 5, 2015|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Adrian|last = Higgins}}</ref> ''Elle Décor'',<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/g1855/met-homes-staff-summer-must-reads/?slide=2|title = Met Home's Staff Summer Must-Reads|date = July 21, 2009|access-date = December 8, 2015|website = Elle Décor|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''The Financial Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|title = Awash with squash: philanthropist Amy Goldman's New York garden|url = https://www.ft.com/content/a58326c2-8e0f-11e5-8be4-3506bf20cc2b|newspaper = Financial Times|date = November 26, 2015|access-date = December 7, 2015|issn = 0307-1766|first = Matthew|last = Wilson}}{{subscription required}}</ref> ''The Daily Beast'',<ref>{{Cite news|title = A Hipster Heirloom Harvest (PHOTOS)|url = http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2015/11/26/a-hipster-heirloom-harvest-photos.html|website = The Daily Beast|access-date = December 7, 2015|first = William|last = Boot| date= November 26, 2015 }}</ref> ''The East Hampton Star'',<ref>{{Cite web|title = Slow Food Gets Slow Pics {{!}} The East Hampton Star|url = http://easthamptonstar.com/Food/20151112/Slow-Food-Gets-Slow-Pics|website = easthamptonstar.com|accessdate = December 7, 2015}}</ref> and ''Town and Country''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://amygoldmanfowler.com/news|title = Town & Country chimes in with words of praise in the November issue|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> In August 2016 it won the Association for Garden Communicators (GWA)'s silver medal in the Book Category.<ref>{{Cite web|title = GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators Garden Media Awards Program|url = https://gardenwriters.org/About-GWA-Media-Honors|access-date = November 7, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221622/https://gardenwriters.org/About-GWA-Media-Honors|archive-date = November 7, 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> It also won two distinctions at the October 2016 New York Book Show (Book Industry Guild of New York): Best in Special Trade (Art Books) and Best in Special Trade/Photography.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 30th Annual New York Book Show (Special Trade)| date=October 21, 2016 |url = https://issuu.com/bigny/docs/2016_book_catalog_special_trade?e=26598349/39880443|accessdate = 2016-11-07}}</ref> ''Heirloom Harvest'' was honored in 2016 by the British Book Awards as best book in the Lifestyle Illustrated category.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2016 British Book Awards|url = http://www.2016.britishbookawards.org/shortlist-winners-2016/|access-date = November 7, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180417045811/http://www.2016.britishbookawards.org/shortlist-winners-2016/|archive-date = April 17, 2018|url-status = dead}}</ref>
''The Melon'' (City Point Press, 2019), her fifth book, was reviewed in ''The New York Times''<ref>{{Cite news|title = But Does It Tell You When a Melon Is Ripe?|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/dining/the-melon-book.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = September 16, 2019}}</ref> and ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/flood-followed-by-drought-equals-a-good-year-for-melons/2019/11/04/917cd2f8-ea0a-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html|title=Perspective {{!}} The melon still wraps its tendrils around seed guru Amy Goldman|last=Higgins|first=Adrian|date=November 12, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref>
Goldman's writing appears in such publications as ''Martha Stewart Living'',<ref>Origin of the Species; Martha Stewart Living, September 2007. http://www.rareforms.com/article_by_amy_08.htm{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tortorello |first=Michael |date=2010-11-18 |title=Winter Squash, Warts and All |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/garden/18garden.html |access-date=September 16, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Organic Connections'',<ref>Amy Goldman, [http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/monster-tomatoes "Monster Tomatoes"], ''Organic Gardening''. G. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135841/http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/monster-tomatoes |date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref> and ''Organic Gardening''.<ref>Amy P. Goldman, [http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/luscious-heirloom-watermelons-american-gardener "Luscious Heirloom Watermelons for the American Gardener"], ''Organic Gardening''. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143122/http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/luscious-heirloom-watermelons-american-gardener |date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref>
==Awards== Her first three books and her last, ''The Melon'', won American Horticultural Society Book of the Year awards.<ref>American Horticultural Society Annual Book Awards {{cite web|url=http://www.ahs.org/uploads/pdfs/AHS_Book_Award_Winners.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704131149/http://ahs.org/uploads/pdfs/AHS_Book_Award_Winners.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2014 }}</ref> *2021 Florens DeBevoise Medal awarded by The Garden Club of America for distinguished achievement in the heirloom seed and local food movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 National GCA Medalists Announced|url=https://www.gcamerica.org/news/get?id=3230|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=www.gcamerica.org}}</ref> *2020 Silver Medal of Achievement by GardenComm to ''The Melon'' in the Book: General Readership category of Writing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Announcing the 2020 GardenComm Gold and Silver Award Winners|url=http://gardencomm.org/Post/Announcing-the-2020-GardenComm-Silver-Award-Winners|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=gardencomm.org|language=en}}</ref>
==Affiliations== Fowler is a trustee of both the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust and the Amy P. Goldman Foundation.<ref>[https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/204853144 Propublica website, ''Amy P Goldman Foundation'', retrieved October 24, 2024]</ref><ref>[https://www.influencewatch.org/person/amy-goldman-fowler/ Influence Watch website, ''Amy Goldman Fowler'']</ref> She is also on the council of the New York Restoration Project.<ref>[https://www.nyrp.org/en/about/our-team/ New York Restoration Project website, ''Our Team'', retrieved October 24, 2024]</ref>
Goldman previously served as executive director of the Sol Goldman Charitable Trust of New York City.<ref>[https://therealdeal.com/magazine/september-2024/inside-the-family-feud-of-the-multibillion-dollar-sol-goldman-empire/ The Real Deal website, ''Inside the Family Feud of the multi billion dollar Sol Golman Empire'', article by Rich Bockmann dated September 3, 2024]</ref> She is also a former vice chairman of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Board.<ref>[https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/nybg-scientist-and-trustee-win-american-horticultural-society-awards/ New York Botanical Garden website, ''NYBG Scientist and Trustee Win American Horticultural Society Awards'', article by Stevenson Swanson dated May 27, 2020]</ref>
In September 2014, Fowler was elected chairman of the Center for Jewish History, a position she held until December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Leadership at the Center for Jewish History|url=http://www.cjh.org/p/142|work=Leadership}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joel Levy named president and CEO of Center for Jewish History|url=https://www.jta.org/2014/09/17/news-opinion/united-states/joel-levy-named-president-and-ceo-of-center-for-jewish-history|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=17 September 2014 }}</ref>
Goldman served on the board of directors of Seed Savers Exchange for more than ten years, half of that time as chair, and as of 2012 was a special advisor to the board.<ref>{{cite web|title=Illinois gardener to lead Seed Savers Exchange board|date= July 25, 2012|url= http://blog.seedsavers.org/illinois-gardener-to-lead-sse-board/|website=See Savers Exchange}}</ref>
As of 2024, Goldman was one of the largest donors to Democratic Party candidates, having contributed over $27,000,000 in her lifetime.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Epstein |first1=Reid J. |last2=Schleifer |first2=Theodore |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |last4=Vogel |first4=Kenneth P. |date=2024-07-05 |title=Some of Biden's Upcoming Fund-Raising Events Face New Uncertainty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/us/politics/biden-fund-raising-campaign.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Personal life== On April 28, 2012, Goldman married Cary Fowler at the terrace on top of the Arsenal in Central Park.<ref name="nytimes20120511">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fashion/weddings/amy-goldman-and-cary-fowler-vows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Amy Goldman and Cary Fowler |work=The New York Times |first=Anemona |last=Hartocollis |date=May 11, 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130131081816/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/fashion/weddings/amy-goldman-and-cary-fowler-vows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.rareforms.com Rare Forms] *[http://www.cjh.org Center for Jewish History] *[http://www.seedsavers.org Seed Savers Exchange]
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