Archive for September, 2008

The second new product we showcased at the Fair this year is a small, handsome Finnish contra flow modular soapstone heater designed by our friend Glen Overk from Pennsylvania. The stone is from a quarry in Brazil that is owned and operated by a family firm in Vermont, with sales of the units directed from Nova Scotia. We sold two of these new ...

Maine Wood Heat brought three new products to this year’s 32nd annual Common Ground Fair, sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. As well as being one of the founders of the Fair, we have been at the Fair as a demonstrator or speaker every year since its beginning.

The first new product we brought along was the just-released turnkey concept wood ...

As fall sets in, the next best thing to having a fire in your own masonry heater is watching a near-perfect burn in the Tighe heater on YouTube. Enjoy!

Another update from Kevin Cabrera whose Sandwich Isle Bread Co. is thriving on the Big Island of Hawaii–keep checking in and we’ll keep updating you on his adventures.

March 12, 2008

Aloha,
Well this is our third week at the mini farmer’s market in Waikoloa selling breads and cookies, and we sold everything again. I am starting to see the drawback to introducing a new bread ...

Maine Wood Heat will be at the Common Ground Country Fair, September 19-21 in Unity, Maine. For those of you outside of New England, the Fair is an annual event organized by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. It’s a three-day celebration of rural living at its best: sustainable living, organic farms, Maine-grown food, artisans, craftspeople, demonstrations, concerts and homegrown Green ...

Glen Roberts, Anson Mills (Columbia, SC) founder, received Bon Appetit magazine’s “Food Artisan of the Year” award for his work preserving our nation’s lost grains. The trip from farm fields to dinner plates just keeps on getting shorter! Up next, backyard wheat boules and heirloom corn grits fresh from your wood fired oven!

Today’s New York Times features an extensive article on the resurgence of local wheat cultivation around the world. Kneading Conference keynote speaker Don Lewis of Wild Hive Farm and presenter Jack Lazor of Butterworks Farm both receive some due credit for their long-overlooked efforts to revive wheat farming and milling in New York and Vermont, respectively. This movement is gaining steam ...

Kneading Conference Day Two photo gallery now up! Take a short cut by clicking here.

Day Two brought sunshine and a host of excellent presentations by Ciril Hitz, Richard Miscovich, and Stephen Lanzalotta, among others. The sheer volume of knowledge and expertise these folks brought to the event was absolutely amazing. Loaf after beautiful loaf of bread came streaming ...