by Malcolm T. Sanford2 Honey is one of the oldest sweets known to man. References to it in literature are legion. Israel was described in the bible as a land "flowing with milk and honey". The ancient Romans paid taxes in honey as did the Aztecs of Central...
by Dan McFeeley After a long and fruitful life, University of Cornell apiculturist Dr. Roger A. Morse passed away in his sleep in May 2000. He was 72. A prolific writer, Morse had a unique gift for communicating the science of apiculture to the often harried and hard...
by Lt. Col. Robert Gayre and Charlie PapazianBrewers Publication, P.O. Box 287, Boulder, Colorado 80306-0287; 200 pages, softcover. {rawcontent 11} The American Homebrewers Association is a group usually associated with home beer brewing. However, they took a bit...
By Pamela J. Spence (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter) For many years, brothers Ken and Jim Schuchter have been successful truck farmers. Since 1970, however, the family-owned operation has expanded to become the second largest vineyard...
by Michael Sisson (reprinted with permission from the Fall 1986 AMA Newsletter) In the mid-1800's there was a revolution in France that continues to have important consequences for us up to the present day, although no blood was spilled and no kings...
