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John Jeavons Recommends:

As harvest season draws to a close, it's time to preserve the bounty. And what better way to do it than with the time-honored method of fermentation? With the earliest known examples of fermented foods appearing in the Fertile Crescent over 8,000 years ago, it seems that wherever you go around the globe, every culture has its own…um…culturing tradition. Beer, wine, sourdough bread, cheese, chocolate, sauerkraut, coffee and yogurt are just a few of the well-known examples, but the truth is, almost any food can be preserved by the process known as lacto-fermentation or "pickling". You can read more at John's blog, www.johnjeavons.org.

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About The Garden Companion eNewsletter

Editor: Leslie Roberts
Editorial Assistance: Carol Cox and Mary Zellachild
Graphic Design and Editorial Assistance: Shannon Joyner
Contributors: John Jeavons, Matt Drewno, Anniko Kao, Marin Williams, Brooke Eichenlaub , Gabriella Cobb,
Kimberley Fisher, Cindy Conner, Jamie Chevalier, Rachel Laase, Shannon Joyner
and GROW BIOINTENSIVE® friends from around the world.

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