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 light ofthe circumstances  under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect tothe 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 tous by others within those entities, particularly during the period in  which thisquarterly report 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:  May 10,2005

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