Practiced for over 10,000 years as a method to preserve foods, improve health and develop distinct flavors over time, the cherished process of fermentation will take center stage on Saturday Sept. 2 for the Easton Farmers’ Market’s second annual Funky Ferments Fest, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Scott Park along the riverfront.
Fermented foods that will be celebrated include locally brewed beer, kombucha, pickles, stinky cheese, tangy farm-fresh yogurt, sourdough bread, sauerkraut, kimchi, and more along with more adventurous and experimental foods and beverages such as rye kvass, coffee kombucha and hibiscus honey coldbrew.
There will be multiple ways to get funky at the EFM, including a homebrew kombucha contest (11 a.m.), a Kraut Mob! (make-your-own kraut and kimchi station), culture swap table, kids fermentation station, lectures and workshops, live music and more.
Guest vendors for the Funky Ferments Fest will be: Cultured Club, Highpoint Kombucha, Untamed Ferments, Wildspawn Mushrooms, My Little Farmstand (featuring freshly made mozzarella), Pocono Apiaries, Airmidian Herbal Remedies, Earthen Goat, Heart Beet Studios, Homestead of Easton, Urban BohoChic Jewelry, Knot Too Shabby, The Bubbly Goat, FD Market and Ironbound Farm (dozen varieties of hard cider).
To enter the homebrew kombucha contest, visit https://eastonfarmersmarket.com/2023-kombucha-homebrew-contest-sign-up/.
A program of the nonprofit Greater Easton Development Partnership, the Easton Farmers Market, presented by Capital Blue, is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday (May-December) at Scott Park along Larry Holmes Drive.
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