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Free and open to the public.
The Artisan Bread Fair will occur this year on the Eve of Lammas Day, or as it was called in even deeper antiquity, Lughnasadh. This is the ancient, mystical feast day halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumnal Equinox when we celebrate the season's first grain harvest and revel in the Miracle of Real Bread from Earth to Hearth. There will be bakers at work with wood-fired hearth ovens, oven builders, grain millers, artists, booksellers, live music, storytellers, seed vendors, baking and agricultural equipment vendors and much more. And to go with all the excellent artisan breads being sold, there will be local foods from area farmers and restaurants including hearth-baked pizza! Come join us for the Rites of Lammas Day!
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Dr. Fred Kirschenmann will be a keynote speaker at the 2010 Kneading Conference.
Dr. Kirschenmann is a renowned and dedicated leader in the movement to build a more ethical and durable agriculture. Revered as a farmer (owner of a 3,500-acre organic farm in North Dakota), philosopher, speaker, and author, he serves as Distinguished Fellow of the Leopold Center and President of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. Bring up his name at Stone Barns, as we did recently, and stand by for a stream of accolades. His latest book, Cultivating an Ecological Conscience is due out April 15th by the University of Kentucky Press.
Here is a link to read more about this remarkable man: Leopold Center.
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Jeffery Hamelman will be one of two keynote speakers at this years Kneading Conference. This is great news!
Jeffrey Hamelman has been a baker since 1976. He is an employee-owner of the King Arthur Flour Company in Norwich, Vermont, where he is director of the production bakery and instructor of the professional baking classes at the King Arthur Flour Baking Education Center. In 1998 he became the 76th Certified Master Bakers in the U.S.
Jeffery is the author of Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes. |
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and consistently high-performing flour for over 200 years. King Arthur Flour offers the kinds of products and customer service that are unparalled in the industry. The result is a corporate culture of passion and sincerity that propels them to honor their customers and celebrate a company they can truly call their own.
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- Directions to the Kneading Conference
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Gastronomica Article (Gastronomica.pdf)
This article originally appeared in the May 2010 issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, published by University of California Press, www.gastronomica.org.
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The Kneading Conference work study program is intended for those who show high interest in the field of wood-fired baking and/or local grain growing and who need help in meeting the expense of the July 29 -30 conference. Download Application
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Register here for this year's conference.
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See 2010 Presenter List here
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Become a vendor at the
Maine Artisan Bread Fair. Get more information here on how to become one of our vendors.
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Campsites are available to Kneading Conference participants at the Skowhegan State Fairground. For more info contact us. Application Form
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Dr. Fred Kirschenmann 
