Sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha. What's all the fuss about fermented foods? They are packed with good bacteria that are healthy and beneficial for gut balance. Fermented foods have been the way humans have "refrigerated" food for thousands of years before the invention of the modern refrigerator. Health conscious individuals have been looking back to our ancestral roots to learn how and why fermented foods were a central part of the human diet. 

Join us this evening May 17, 7pm in The Alpine Clinic Education Room to learn the basics of fermented foods. We'll have two experts with us that evening to tell us why and how fermented foods can be beneficial to your gut health. 

Jim Sumsion, a local fermented foods expert, will show us how to make a basic batch of sauerkraut. 

Linda Black will share with us how to make Kombucha at home. Refreshing, tasty and full of beneficial gut healing bacteria and yeast, kombucha just might be the thing to help you kick that soda habit. Linda will show us just how easy it is to make kombucha at home. She will also share with us some of the benefits of this ancient eastern drink.

For those who want to stay a little longer and and learn more, Jim will stay late and show us how to make a batch of vegetarian kimchi.