Beekeeping
Kalamazoo Bee Club
Publications
Beekeeping: A Practical Guide by Richard E. Bonney
Hive Management by Richard E. Bonney
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture by Ross Conrad
Bee Sex Essentials by Lawrence Connor
Increase Essentials by Lawrence Connor
Supplies
Groeb Farms, Onsted, Michigan
beesource.com
Broom Making
Publications
Broom-Corn and Brooms: A Treatise on Raising Broom-Corn and Making Brooms on a Large or Small Scale by the editors of the American Agriculturist, originally published in 1887
Canning & Preserving Food
Publications
The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest by Carol W. Costenbader
Put 'Em Up! by Sherri Brooks Vinton
Chair Caning & Basket Making
The SeatWeavers' Guild
The Wicker Woman
Cheesemaking
Michigan Cheese Makers Cooperative
The American Cheese Society
The Home Dairy News
Publications
The Cheesemaker's Manual by Margaret Morris, recommended by Tillers' cheesemaking instructor, Barbara Jenness.
Home Cheesemaking with Margaret Morris DVD
American Farmstead Cheese by Paul Kindstedt
Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carroll
The Atlas of American Farmstead Cheese by Jeffrey Roberts
The Fabrication of Farmstead Goat Cheese by Jean Claude le Jaouen
Making Great Cheese at Home by Barbara Ciletti
The Cheese Course by Janet Fletcher
The Vermont Cheese Book by Ellen Ecker Ogden
Cheese Essentials by Laura Werlin
French Cheese by Kazuko Masui and Tomoko Yamada
Cheese by Fiona Beckett
Chevre! The Goat Cheese Book by Laura Chenel and Linda Siegfried
The New American Cheese by Laura Werlin
Goat Cheese: Delectable Recipes for All Occasions by Ethel Brennen and Georgeanne Brennen
Cheese from Fondue to Cheesecake by Fiona Beckett
Making Artisan Cheese by Tim Smith
Goat Cheese by the Mount-Laurier Benedictine Nuns
Suppliers
Glengarry Cheesemaking and Dairy Supply Ltd.
New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.
Caprine Supply
Hoegger Goat Supply
Cumberland General Store
Gardening
Publications
The War Garden Victorious by Charles Lathrop Pack (1919, National War Garden Commission), click to view the full text on-line.
Wool
Zeilinger Wool Company, Frankenmuth, MI
Publications
Start Spinning by Maggie Casey
Spin Control by Amy King
The Intentional Spinner by Judith MacKenzie McCuin
In Sheep's Clothing by Nola Founier and Jane Founier
The Spinner's Companion by Bobbie Irwin
Local Food in Southwest Michigan
Bank Street Farmers Market, Kalamazoo
Dancing Goat Cheese, Byron Center: fresh and aged goat and cow cheeses
Fair Food Matters/Eat Local, Kalamazoo
Food Dance restaurant, Kalamazoo
Fulton Street Farmers Market, Grand Rapids
Michigan Family Farms website: listing of family farms
Pease Packing, Scotts: local beef and pork
People's Food Co-Op, Kalamazoo: grocery and Wednesday afternoon farmers market
Three Rivers Sustainable Food Group, Three Rivers
Tillers International, Scotts: grass fed lamb, goat, and beef, honey, sorghum molasses, eggs (subject to seasonal availability, call for info, 800-498-2700)
Other Good Websites
Eatwild.com: a listing of producers of grass-fed farm products
OrganicToBe.org: writings, recipes, and news concerning organic issues
LocalHarvest.org: has a great search engine for locally produced foods
Sherri Brooks Vinton: Real Food Advocate, author of Real Food Revival and her Sustainable Solutions newsletter, 2009 Harvest Fest Guest Speaker!
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