Exhibit  31.2

**CHIEFFINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION**

I, Bradley S.Powell, Chief Financial Officer of Eden  Bioscience Corporation, certify that:

1.  I havereviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of  Eden Bioscience Corporation;

2.  Based on myknowledge, this quarterly report does not  contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to  state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,  in lightof the circumstances under which such statements  were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered  by this quarterly report;

3.  Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and  other financial information included in thisquarterly  report, fairly present in all material respects the  financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of  the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this  quarterly report;

4.  Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are  responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)  Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or  caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be  designed under our supervision, to ensure that material  informationrelating to the registrant, including its  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others  within those entities, particularly during the period in  which this quarterlyreport is being prepared;

b)  Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s  disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the  disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the  period covered by this report based onsuch evaluation; and

c)  Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant's  internal control over financial reportingthat occurred  during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has  materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially  affect, the registrant's internalcontrol over financial  reporting; and

5.  Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have  disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal  control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board  of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):

a)  allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in  the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect  theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and  report financialinformation; and

b)  any fraud,whether or not material, that involves  management or other employees who have asignificant role in  the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  July 26,2005

|   |   |   | /s/ Bradley S. Powell                                                        |
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|   |   |   | Bradley S. Powell                                                            |
|   |   |   | VicePresident of Finance, Chief Financial              Officer and Secretary |