Helpful Resources

Bread

Breadhunter Blog, bread and all of its manifestations. Particular emphasis is upon earth ovens, sourdough bread baking and flatbreads.

Grains

Grain Cultivation and Small Scale Adaptations.

New England Bread Wheat Project

Heritage Wheat Conservancy, heritage variety grain seed for wheat trials.

Wood-Fired Ovens

Maine Wood Heat, residential and professional wood fired ovens.

Organic & Specialty Flours

King Arthur Flour (and baking classes), www.kingarthurflour.com.

Somerset Grist Mill, www.somersetgristmill.com.

Professional Equipment & Consulting

C. Caprara Food Service Equipment & Supplies, Winthrop, Maine, www.caprara.com.

W. P. Kemper, www.kemperusa.com.

Artisan Baking Resources, Inc., Michael Eggebrecht, michael@artisan-baking.com

Home Baking Tools & Equipment

Now You’re Cooking, Bath, Maine, www.acooksemporium.com.

Bread Baking Books

Bread: A Baker’s Book of Techniques and Recipes, Jeffrey Hamelman.  www.kingarthurflour.com.

Baking Better Bread: 10 Expert Formulas for Baking Bread at Home, Ciril Hitz. www.breadhitz.com.

Wood-Fired Oven Books

Build Your Own Earth Oven, Kiko Denzer.  www.intabas.com.

Farming Books

Cultivating an Ecological Conscience, Frederick L. Kirschenmann, www.goodreads.com.

Farming Tools

Howe Engineering Company, small-scale thresher/winnowers, www.solarcarandtractor.com.

Food Books

Real Food, Nina Planck, www.ninaplanck.com.

Real Food for Mother and Baby, Nina Planck.

Sustainably Delicious, Michel Nischan, www.michelnischan.

Flour Mills

Meadows Mills, Inc. 8″ Stone Burr Mill, www.meadowsmills.com; sales@meadowsmills.com.

Organizations

Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), www.nofany.org

North Carolina Organic Bread Project, www.ncobfp.blogspot.com

Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter, www.nofamass.org

Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, www.nofavt.org.  The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is one of the oldest organic organizations in the United States. Our members are farmers, gardeners, educators, and food lovers – anyone who wants to help us create a future full of local farms and local food. Our programs help farmers and gardeners grow organically, support farm-to-school, assist farmers’ markets, work to make local food available to all, and much more.

Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, www.nesare.org

Food Law

The GrayRobinson Food Law Group provides commercial grain growers, bakers and retailers with legal information, guidance and advice for complying with federal and state laws,  GrayRobinson Food Law Group

Articles

A Little Leaven by Dusty Dowse