A FESTIVAL OF COMMUNITIES, INSIDE AND OUT!

Saturday September 21st, 3-7pm
“To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest - on behalf of the senses and the microbes - against the homogenization of flavors and food experiences now rolling like a great, undifferentiated lawn across the globe. It is also a declaration of independence from an economy that would much prefer we remain passive consumers of its standardized commodities, rather than creators of idiosyncratic products expressive of ourselves and of the places where we live, because your pale ale or sourdough bread or kimchi is going to taste nothing like mine or anyone else's.”   Michael Pollan, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

Schedule & Activities

Throughout the day...

Kraut Kitchen Bulk Pack
Bring your own clean bulk containers and Cindy will fill up with your favorite Power Kraut varieties. Try our newest seasonal variety "Savage Cabbage" exclusively available at our Fermentation Celebration!

Community Starter Swap
Bring and exchange your own sourdough starters, kombucha scobys, vinegar mothers, water kefir grains, etc. and make friends with other ferment enthusiasts in the community.

Market Tables
Peruse and purchase Root 5 Farm veggies (to make your own ferments!) and other local hand made foods and gifts.

Guided Farm tours
Check out our kraut cabbage patch and fall vegetable fields!

Fermentation Demos and Discussions
Come ready to chat about your own fermentation experiments, or ready to learn the basics if you’re new to the world of fermented foods. Root 5 Farm, Golden Rule Mead,  Wood Heart Farm, Flag Hill Farm will all offer brief talks about their process and products.

Live music! Eliza Goodell on fiddle!

Join us for this gathering of fermentation enthusiasts!

Local producers will be highlighting many types fermented foods and beverages, celebrating the microbial transformation of our food. Mingle, ask the fabulous fermenters questions, sample their products, eat prepared fermented foods, and buy some to take home with you. Don't forget to bring your own clean bulk containers for our Kraut Kitchen bulk pack!

We hope you leave inspired to eat and make more fermented foods and continue supporting the wonderful fermenters in our community!
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As much as we love animals, we do ask that you
leave your pets at home.

Food & Drink

Brocklebank Brewery and Side Hill Cider Mill will be sampling and serving locally-brewed beer and cider.

Golden Rule Mead will be selling a variety of delicious meads.

Yeoman Brewing Company will be selling kombucha and a variety of fermented vegetables.

Moon & Stars will be serving vegetarian empanadas.

Root 5 Farm will be grilling Robie Farm brats with Power Kraut, sweet corn, and farm salad.

Lo’s Bakehouse will have special edition sauerkraut macaroons.