Like the festivals in previous years, this year will be a tour de fermentation! And like always, it will be a completely free event with dozens of speakers, demos, small fermenting businesses, and authors.

Festival Highlights

• two dozen small fermentation-focused artisan businesses that will be on hand to sample their fermented food & drink

• Science Corner where you will be able to look at cheese microbes under a microscope and explore the microbiology of fermented foods with Ben Wolfe, Ginkgo Bioworks, and Mother Dirt

• ‘Brined’, the Real Pickles Competitive Pickle Offwith local chefs where you will get to taste & judge pickles yourself!

• Fermentation Practitioner Speaker Series with chefs, distillers & at-home fermenters

• Fermented Reading Room with amazing authors on hand like Kirsten Shockey, Amanda Feifer, Cheryl Sternman Rule, Donna Schwenkand Alex Lewin to sell & sign their newest books.

• giant Kraut Mob sponsored by Boston Organics, Kitchen Garden Farm, and Stillmans Farm where you can experiment with fermentation and create your own sauerkraut for free!

• wonderful & free ‘culture’ sharing swap

• Fermentation Help Desk staffed by knowledgable & distinguished fermentation enthusiasts & experts.