Whether you’re a food industry professional or just plain curious about the kitchen, you’re welcome at the Vermont Fermentation Festival. This third annual health-food hub encourages cooks of all ability levels to eat and preserve farm-fresh fare through fermentation. Health nuts can get hands-on at workshops for making cultured cheeses, fruit juices, kombucha, kefir and other good-for-the-gut edibles, or sit back and take notes on the nutritional advantages of intestinal flora. Tips and treats from vendors such as Rhapsody Natural Foods, Aqua Vitea Kombucha and Real Pickles, and a keynote speech by storyteller and apple farmer Eliza Greenman round out this probiotic party.
