Eden Bioscience (EDEN) 10-K 2004 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
and Shareholders of Eden Bioscience Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-46768) on Form S-8 of Eden Bioscience Corporation and subsidiaries of our report dated February 14, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Eden Bioscience Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive loss and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, which report appears in the December 31, 2004, annual report on Form 10-K of Eden Bioscience Corporation.

Our report refers to the Company’s change in the method of accounting for asset retirement obligations effective January 1, 2003.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Seattle, Washington
March 24, 2005

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