"Cultivating their fascination with fermentation"
June 7, 2009 article in the San Francisco Chronicle
"In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza"
New York Times article, January 22, 2007
A Brief History of Fermentation, East and West
By William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi from their unpublished manuscript, History of Soybeans and Soyfoods: 1100 B.C. to the 1980s
A Brief Study of Plastic Food Containers
By mycologist and food investigator Alan Muskat
A cultured response to HIV
From Nature Medicine June 2009
City Farmer
Vancouver BC Fermentation Workshops with Tomas Hicks
Cultivating Cultures: Exploring Fermented Foodways
Max Wall was awarded a fellowship to travel around the world for a year exploring fermentation traditions. This is his blog.
Cultures Alive
A source for kefir grains, water kefir grains, kombucha mothers, ad other food cultures. Located in Australia but able to ship many cultures abroad.
Fermentation and Jewish Culture
From a blog called Old Growth Yiddishkeit
Fermenting Culture
A 3-minute video, featuring Sandorkraut (among others), produced by Lisa Biagiotti and Lizzie Stark.
Fermenting is Fun
From The Healing Crow.
G.E.M. Cultures
A small, family-run business with the best variety of food fermentation cultures available in the U.S., including kefir grains, koji, kombucha mothers, tempeh starter, and more obscure cultures such as Viili and Fil Mjolk.
Gut Microflora: The Inside Story
From the European Food Information Council
Institute for Urban Homesteading
Bay Area classes in gardening, permaculture, kitchen arts, herbal medicines, creative arts and the body. "A gathering place to research, ferment and learn together. We feature small class sizes and experiential learning."
Korean Onggi Crock Making
Potter Adam Feld documented his apprenticeship with a Korean Onggi maker; click on "Gallery" then "Korean Oniggi"
Lacto-Fermentation
From the Weston A. Price Foundation.
Lactobacillus
Information on this health-promoting microorganism from the Virtual Bacteria Museum.
MicroAngela
Gallery of electron microscopy images, including bacteria and other fermentation organisms.
Microbes.info
"The microbiology information portal" including food microbiology links.
Microbial Nutrition
Yahoo group devoted to "fermented foods, probiotics, and gut health."
PROYECTO COMUNITARIO CONSERVACIÓN DE ALIMENTOS
Cuban food preservation school in a Havana storefront.
Questions and Answers about Lead in Ceramic Tableware
From Contra Costa (CA) Health Services / Lead Poisoning Prevention Project
The Economics of Fermentation
An essay by Charles Eisenstein, which originally appeared in Wise Traditions Magazine.
The Gordon Lab
The home page of Jeffrey Gordon, Director of Wasington University's Center for Genome Sciences, who begins the page: "Symbiotic or mutually beneficial relationships between microbes and animals are a dominant theme of life on our microbe-dominated planet.
The Sounds of Yeast
An NPR report on new research which has yielded recordings of the sounds of yeast reproducing at different temperatures.
Tribe.net Fermentation Tribes
Other related tribes include Food Traditions and Food Rituals tribe http://tribes.tribe.net/foodtraditions; Food geeks http://foodgeeks.tribe.net; Sauerkraut http://sauerkrautsluts.tribe.net/.
USDA Culture Collection
The Collection is one of the largest public collections of microorganisms in the world, currently containing approximately 95,000 strains of actinomycetes, bacteria, molds, and yeasts.
Wild Fermentation Google Group
A web-based group about wild fermentation, started by Jay Bazuzi
Yemoos Nourishing Cultures
Kefir grains, water kefir grains, kombucha mothers, and other cultures, as well as information, a forum, and lots of links.