Fermented foods have grown in popularity and are widely consumed, in part due to claims regarding their positive effect on digestive health. However, these claims lack sufficient scientific support, ...

Learn how to easily ferment a variety of vegetables and ingredients in this complete guide to lacto fermented foods. The ...

Long before we were being encouraged to buy fancy probiotic supplements as a good-gut fad, lactic acid fermentation (or lacto-fermentation) was the go-to goodness for the gut. Lacto-fermentation is an ...

A lacto-fermented brine pickle is where I recommend starting if you are new to fermentation. The produce is completely submerged in the brine during fermentation so the salt naturally preserves while ...

Camelia Frieberg is a biodynamic farmer and award-winning filmmaker and producer. Try these pickled sunchokes that are simple to make and a great addition to salads and tacos. Aube Giroux is a food ...

During these last gasps of summer, as the kitchen overflows with food-garden perishables, I am leaning on lacto-fermentation as a means of boosting both shelf life and on-board beneficial biology.

Lacto-fermentation has a branding problem. Every person I talked to about this story heard the term, and with visions of rotting milk in their heads, said “hmm… sounds disgusting.” But if it takes you ...

Garum: a fermented fish sauce, the Roman Empire put on nearly everything it ate. It disappeared for about 1,500 years. Now it ...

Every pickle starts with the right cucumber. At Red Fire Farm in Granby and Montague, pickling cucumbers are harvested daily ...