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
Bark Tanned Sheep Hides
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
Tan a sheepskin using natural plant tannins, fats, oils, and some hard work. In this hide tanning…
Thu, Feb 27th, 2025 – Tue, Mar 4th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
Coopering: Make a Wooden Bucket
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
Coopering, the craft of joining wooden staves to create a vessel, was an integral skill in many…
Fri, Jan 17th, 2025 – Sun, Jan 19th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
Fermented Foods: From the Basics to the World of Koji
Instructors:
Eric Edgin
Though common practice throughout history, food fermentation is now approached with both excitement…
Tue, Mar 11th, 2025 – Thu, Mar 13th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Instructor:
Eric Edgin
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, Mar 28th, 2025 – Sun, Mar 30th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Processing Wild Foods and Home Grown Grains/Legumes
This class will be a deep dive into processing wild foods. Most commonly foraged and home…
Fri, Feb 21st, 2025 – Sun, Feb 23rd, 2025
9am-5pm each day
9am-5pm each day
Past Courses Offered by Eric Edgin
All Fired Up: Cooking with Fire
All Ground Up: Sausage Making
Bark Tanned Sheep Leather
Charcuterie Beyond the Basics: Traditional & Modern Methods of Meat Preservation
Cooking With Woks
Coopering: Make A Wooden Bucket
Exploring Fermented Foods
Fermented Foods: From the Basics to the World of Koji
Northwoods Cuisine: A Wild Culinary & Ecological Experience
Northwoods Cuisine: A Wild Culinary & Ecological Experience
Pork Butchery for Home Use: Nose to Tail
Salumi: Traditional Dry Curing Methods
Timeless Gluten-Free Noodles