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- Fermentation Links (General)
- Vegetable Ferments
- Bean Ferments
- Dairy Ferments
- Grain Ferments
- Kombucha
- Vinegar
- Fermented Alcoholic Beverages (General )
- Beer
- Wine
- Sake
- Mead
- Soft Drinks
- Other Food-Related Links:
- Recipes
- Sources for Fresh Foods
- Nutrition Information
- Vegetarian Resources
- Food History and Anthropology
- Food Activism and Advocacy
- Plants and Herbalism Links
Body Ecology Diet Bulletin Board: Bulletin board maintained by Donna Gates, author of the pro-fermentation book Body Ecology Diet.
Fermenting is Fun: From The Healing Crow.
Gut Microflora: The Inside Story: From the European Food Information Council
G.E.M. Cultures: A small, family-run business in Fort Bragg, California, 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.
Lactobacillus: Information on this health-promoting microorganism from the Virtual Bacteria Museum.
Lacto-Fermentation: From the Weston A. Price Foundation.
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."
The Sounds of Yeast: An NPR report on new research which has yielded recordings of the sounds of yeast reproducing at different temperatures.
The Economics of Fermentation: An essay by Charles Eisenstein, which originally appeared in Wise Traditions Magazine.
Wild Fermentation Google Group: A web-based group about wild fermentation, started by Jay Bazuzi
Fascinating Pickle Facts: From The Science of Cooking at the Exploritorium.
Pickle Primer: A Glossary of Pickles and Pickled Peppers from ilovepickles.org.
Pickle Wing: Posted by the New York Food Museum.
Raw Cultured Vegetables: An article by Evan Richards, from the Rejuvenative Foods website.
The Science of Sauerkraut Fermentation: From a laboratory project in a University of Wisconsin Applied Food Microbiology class.
What is Kimchi?: From the Korea Food Research Institute.
Small-scale producers of live-culture vegetables:
It's Alive: Portland, Oregon vegetable ferments
Real Pickles: A small pickle and sauerkraut producer in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley.
Rejuvenative Foods: A producer of delicious raw vegetable ferments.
Dom's Cultured Foods of Asia in-site: Dominic Anfiteatro, of Adelaide, Australia, has posted a wealth of information about tempeh, miso, amazake, and other traditional Asian ferments.
How I Make Tempeh: Tempeh-making explained and photographed by a fellow named Peter Vachuska
In Praise of Idli and Dosa: Padma Ramchandran waxing poetic on these ferments on littleindia.com.
South River Miso Company: A good source for koji (rice inoculated with spores of the fungus Aspergillus oryzae).
Tempeh Info: Good online tempeh-making instructions from a Belgian firm selling tempeh starter.
American Cheese Society: Raw cheese advocacy.
Cheesemaking: Detailed instructions for basic cheesemaking, as well as yogurt, buttermilk, and various other ferments, posted by Clermont College Biology and Chemistry Professor David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.
Dom's Kefir in-site: Dominic Anfiteatro, of Adelaide, Australia, is a veritable kefir encyclopedia.
Kefir Grain Trading Post: An international registry of kefir enthusiasts with extra grains to share.
Kefir-Making E-group: The internet has brought together this e-group of kefir enthusiasts. Lots of great ideas for ways to use kefir cultures. I got my first kefir grains by posting a notice here.
Google Web Directory for Cheesemaking
Greg's Grains: Another kefir-making e-group.
New England Cheesemaking Supply Company: A good source for rennet, specific cheese cultures, cheesemaking books, equipment, supplies, and links.
Raw Milk Sources: A state-by-state listing compiled by the Campaign for Raw Milk, a project of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
Surprising Uses and Benefits of Yogurt: From Dr. Greene.com.
Why You Don't Want to Drink Pasteurized Milk: By nutrition author Dr. Joseph Mercola.
Grain Ferments (see Fermented Alcoholic Beverages below for beer):
Fermented Cereals: A Global Perspective: Agricultural Services Bulletin Number 138 from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Describes grain ferments from Africia, Asia, and Latin America.
Gluten Intolerance & Lactobacilli: Recently-published data (2004) confirming the idea that lactobacilli reduce gluten in bread.
Kvass: Recipes and info on this classic Russian ferment.
Rejuvelac: Ann Wigmore's own recipe.
Rye Sourdough: A clear and concise method for all-rye sourdough.
Samartha's Sourdough Page: "This page has been started in order to provide a platform for easy access to my natural sourdough obsessions." (I can relate.)
Sourdough: An academic survey of different sourdough methods.
Sourdough FAQs: From rec.food.sourdough.
Sourdough Home: Great resources and links.
Google Web Directory for Sourdough
Gunther Frank's Kombucha Site: A comprehensive multi-lingual kombucha information site, including an international listing of people with extra kombucha mothers to share.
Kombucha Center: A Kombucha portal.
Kombucha Mother Trading Post: Another listing people willing to share kombucha mothers.
Vinegar Institute: A vinegar manufacturers trade association, with info about different types of vinegar, health benefits, and references.
Fermented Alcoholic Beverages:
Making Simple Fermented Beverages: By E. Chris Garrison, very simple and straightforward.
Bathtub Brewers: Virtual homebrew club, with lots of links.
Beer or Bread: Was Beer the First Great Cereal Food? Article by Andrew Webber.
Beertown: Homebrew information and resources from the Association of Brewers.
Brew Rats: Another virtual homebrew club, with recipes and chatroom.
Cyberbrau: Beer recipes and forums.
North American Homebrew Clubs Directory: From Beerdude.com.
Tasty Brew: Home beermaking recipes and lots of links.
Google Web Directory for Home Brewing
Army Worm Wine: I swear you can make wine out of anything.
HomemadeWine.Net: Searchable database of recipes, and a chat forum.
The Home Winemaker's Manual: Extensive information free online from Lum Eisenman.
Making Table Wine at Home: A 1988 book by George M. Cooke and James T. Lapsley, available online in its entirety.
Origins and Ancient History of Wine: From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Roxanne's Wine Recipes: Far out recipes, including pea pod wine.
The Winemaking Homepage: By Texan Jack Keller. Lots of recipes and links.
Google Web Directory for Home Winemaking
Mead (the most ancient fermented pleasure):
The Bee's Lees: Mead recipes.
Got Mead?: Recipes and incredible mead links.
Mead Made Easy: A book of mead-making instructions and recipes by Dave Polaschek available in its entirety free online.
Ginger Ale and Root Beer: Instructions posted by Clermont College Biology and Chemistry Professor David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.
Other Food Links
Chowhound: Articles, recipes, message boards, and more.
Egullet: "Read, chew, discuss." Recipes, discussion forums, and articles.
Food Maven: The site of cookbook author and host of WOR radio's "Food Talk" Arthur Schwartz, with an impressive index of recipes and articles.
Recipezaar: A searchable recipe archive.
Recipeland: Another searchable recipe archive.
Sauerkraut Recipes.com: Dozens of sauerkraut recipes, including sauerkraut jello!
SOAR: Searchable Online Archive of Recipes.
Wise Foodways: Recipe site (and more) of Jessica Prentice, publisher of an every New Moon electronic newsletter Stirring the Cauldron about food and cooking of the same name.
Robin Van En Center for CSA Resources: "Community-supported agriculture" is a model in which consumers buy shares or subscriptions to a small farm's harvest over the course of a season. It's a great way to support local organic growers, and to enjoy fresh, seasonal, local produce. This site includes a searchable national database of CSA farms.
Local Harvest: This site maintains a state-by-state listing of farmer's markets and food coops.
Northeast Organic Farming Association: Seven state chapters have food maps online and/or printed with sources for organically produced foods in the northeast.
Organic Consumers Association: Directory of organic sources, along with information and advocacy.
Raw Milk Sources: A state-by-state listing compiled by the Campaign for Raw Milk, a project of the Weston A. Price Foundation.
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: The U.S. Department of Agriculture maintains this searchable list of farmer's markets.
Weston A. Price Foundation: Nutrition information and advocacy under the direction of nutritionist and cookbook author Sally Fallon.
Healing Crow: Pages include "Fermenting is Fun" and "The Power of Microbes".
Food and Healing: Annemarie Colbin's nutrition website.
Food and Agriculture Organization: The United Nations international food agency.
Nutrition Data: Comprehensive nutritional data for many foods and food products.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Meat.org: "The site the meat industry wish vegetarians didn't own."
International Vegetarians Union
Food History and Anthropology:
Culinary History Timeline: Lots of links to information resources.
Food and Culture Bibliography: Thorough compilation by an academic named Robert Dirks.
International Commission on the Anthropology of Food: Worldwide networking, resources, and links.
Food For Life: An annual summer food activism conference held at the Sequatchie Valley Institite near Dunlap, TN.
Food Not Bombs: A network of activists tapping into local food surpluses to feed hungry people.
Food Not Lawns: Local food-growing activism, one yard at a time.
Genetically Engineered Food Alert
Greenpeace "True Food Now" Project
Mothers for Natural Law: Information and action against genetically-engineered food.
Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust: "A think tank and brain trust that promotes specific alternatives to the unhealthy foods characteristic of eating patterns in industrialized countries."
Pesticide Action Network: News, health information, action resources, and links for reducing the use of hazardous chemical pesticides.
Slow Food: An international movement to reclaim local food traditions and rescue them from fast food extinction.
Tennesseans for Raw Milk: Raw milk advocacy in my home state. Includes links to other raw milk information sites. Can you believe the real thing is contraband????
ATTRA: Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas. Resources for sustainable agriculture and other aspects of rural living.
Biodynamics: Biodynamics is a system of sustainable agriculture developed by holistic thinker Rudolph Steiner.
Botanical.com: Herbal website including the full text of Maud Grieve's 1931 classic A Modern Herbal.
Ethnobotany Links: From Anthro.net.
Herbal Encyclopedia: A to Z from herbalist Dr. Lisa Waltz.
Herbal
Remedies Information: Look up specific herbs, find herbal remedies
for specific ailments and
learn to make your own tinctures, oils, salves, infusions, etc.
Kitchen Gardeners: Resources for people who like to grow the food they cook. "Kitchen Gardeners love food, both product and process..."
Michael Moore: The website of a great herbalist, who directs the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine.
Organic Volunteers: "Educational exchanges in sustainability"; listings of volunteer food-growing opportunities.
Permaculture Activist: North America's Journal of Design and Sustainable Culture.
Soil
and Health Library: "A free public library offering full-text
books about holistic agriculture, holistic health, self-sufficient homestead
living, and personal development. Most of the titles in this library are
out of print. Some of these books can be quite hard to find; many of them
are old enough to be public domain materials. The library also offers
a collection about why globalised society is resistant to changing its
food and health systems."
Soil Food Web: A soil-testing lab's website, with all sorts of soil ecology links.
Susun Weed: The author of Healing Wise and other excellent herbals has an encyclopedic website with endless links.
United Plant Savers: Nurturing native species and heirloom varieties.
Urban Permaculture Guild: "What do I do if I live in a city?" Resources for urban permaculture.
"Wildman" Steve Brill: Plant foraging information and resources.
Willing Workers On Organic Farms: An organization devoted to matching folks interested in learning about organic growing with farmers interested in teaching.
Email links to websites you like that belong here to sandorkraut@wildfermentation.com.