The Kneading Conference

I am co-farmer and co-founder of Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett, NY. Amber Waves Farm is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organic farm and educational organization designed to teach the local community, especially children, about the food and farming issues, expand the variety and availability of locally grown organic food, and to steward a beautiful open space in downtown Amagansett. We launched the Amagansett Wheat Project in 2009 to reintroduce wheat and other small grains to the foodshed on Long Island. The project was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Baker Foundation to begin planting wheat and…

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We own and operate the Stone Turtle Baking and Cooking School in Lyman, Maine and love our le Panyol 120 and yeast breads.

Stu Silverstein is an artist who bakes a lot of bread, builds earth ovens and writes about the process. He co-owns Railroad Square Cinema, Maine's premier art house and for many years owned a brick oven cafe. Stu has also co-produced and directed the award-winning film Dead River Rough Cut, that happens to be the most requested movie at the Maine State Prison, no joke. Just recently he finished his latest book, Bread Earth and Fire. Way before that, he spent a lot of time driving VW buses across the country searching for great bread, but he never found any, and that's why he learned to bake.… Read more