Wendell Berry in Henry County, Kentucky, in 2011.

Why Cider People Should Know Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry never wrote a handbook for growing cider apples or making cider. But his ideas about farming, land, community and the people who tend both helped shape generations of growers… including pomologist Mike Biltonen of Know Your Roots. Wendell Berry died this month at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, at the age of … Read more

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408: Cider’s Pomological Life Coach | Know Your Roots, NY

Mike Biltonen and his wife Debbie founded Know Your Roots in 2008 and began offering a wide array of service for backyard and commercial orchardists in 2014. This conversation tool place at the Berkshire Roundtable that was founded my Micheal Phillips 34 years ago. This annual meet up of orchardist and cider makers takes place … Read more