Instructors
Eric Edgin
Grand Marais, MN
Eric grew up in rural southern Illinois with fishing, hunting and foraging as a way of life. He continues to build on the skills and knowledge of his roots with coopering, hand tool woodworking, commercial fishing, shepherding, hide tanning, foraging, and applying food preservation and fermentation methods from around the world in a local context. He is building a subsistence based homestead connecting ecology with handcraft.
Current Courses Offered by Eric Edgin
Coopering: Buckets in the Western European & American Style
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
Coopering, the craft of joining wooden staves to create a vessel, was an integral skill in many…
Thu, Mar 18th, 2027 - Sun, Mar 21st, 2027
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
Fermented Foods: From the Basics to Soy Sauce and Miso
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
Though common practice throughout history, food fermentation is now approached with both excitement…
Fri, Mar 5th, 2027 - Sun, Mar 7th, 2027
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
Lake Superior Fish: Cured, Fermented, Smoked, and Pickled!
Pan fried fillets are wonderful, but they only scratch the surface of the delicious possibilities of…
Fri, Jun 4th, 2027 - Sun, Jun 6th, 2027
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Meat Preservation: The Basics and Beyond
In this class, students will revisit time-honored skills that have fallen out of daily use and learn…
Fri, Feb 19th, 2027 - Sun, Feb 21st, 2027
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Processing Wild Foods and Homegrown Grains/Legumes
This class will be a deep dive into processing wild foods. Most commonly foraged and home garden…
Fri, Dec 4th, 2026 - Sun, Dec 6th, 2026
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Swiss-Style Coopering: Flat Backed Wooden Staved Vessels
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
If people know of coopering today, they usually think of barrels. Historically, though, this craft…
Sat, Mar 13th, 2027 - Tue, Mar 16th, 2027
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
