The day before CONAKOM, I visited the fermented food and beverage bar in Sao Paulo, which is the showroom for the products produced by Companhia dos Fermentados in their factory located in Barueri, in the northwestern part of the Metropolitan...
Introduction Home brewers are familiar with the need to dispose of excess SCOBYs they peel off from multiple ferments. Some embrace Hannah Crum’s recipe for SCOBY Fruit Leather. Others feed the pellicles to their pets. Commercial brewers face this challenge...
All 12 Episodes of the SciFi series ‘Our Fermented Future’ that was originally published in weekly installments on Booch News from Oct 3 – Dec 26, 2025 are now in one convenient location: ourfermentedfuture.com. The new site includes the Audiobook...
February 21 is World Kombucha Day! Celebrate kombucha in song! Our Fermented Future (cover), by Mara Marin Americana folk singer Mara Marin celebrates World Kombucha Day in a free concert at the Mt. Tamalpais Amphitheater high above Mill Valley, California....
World Ferment Day took place on February 1st this year. Billed as a global celebration that turns theory into practice, people were invited to taste a ferment, make a ferment, share a ferment or host a ferment event. Organizer Jo...
This is the last in a series about possible futures, published in Booch News each week, starting with a Preview on October 3rd. Episode 11 appeared last week. Overview By 2100, the Earth hums with quiet vitality. Cities are green,...
This is one in a series about possible futures, published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 10 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday. Overview In this episode, we examine the years after kombucha and fermented foods...
This is one in a series about possible futures, published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 9 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday. Overview Pharmaceutical companies partnered with kombucha producers to deliver medications via fermentation. Living...
This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 8 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday. Overview Fermentation cooperatives represent one effective social organizing principle among...
This is one in a series about possible futures, which will be published in Booch News over the coming weeks. Episode 7 appeared last week. New episodes drop every Friday. Overview Peer-to-peer flavor-sharing platforms enabled home brewers to distribute taste...
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