Episode Highlights With Hannah

• Hannah calls herself a farmer of microbes and she sees fermentation as a sacred practice
• The resurgence of ancient wisdom though regenerative farming
• They do DNA sequencing on all of their cultures
• How to cultivate your microbiome at home by making your own fermented foods
• What to know about fermented products and sugar and why sugar in ferments is different
• How to mitigate excess sugar in kombucha and how sugar in kombucha isn’t a bad thing
• The flavors of health are sour and bitter
• What are we actually feeding? We think it is our bodies but it is also our microbiome so how do we give it what it actually needs
• How fermented foods help remove toxins from the body
• Bacteria affects ancient wisdom and ancestral lineage in the modern world
• What a scoby is and how it is a metaphor for global community
• How to get started with fermentation and it is easier than you think!

Resources We Mention

• Kombucha Kamp
• The Big Book of Kombucha: Brewing, Flavoring, and Enjoying the Health Benefits of Fermented Tea by Hannah Crum