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Home / News / Nov 7th: Fermenting Vegetables at Home

October 30, 2018

Nov 7th: Fermenting Vegetables at Home

Real Pickles workshop on DIY vegetable fermentation

Real Pickles and Hosta Hill are teaming up for an in-depth presentation on home-scale vegetable fermentation! In this 1.5 hour workshop you’ll learn everything you need to know about fermenting vegetables at home, with information that can be applied to sauerkraut, kimchi, cucumber pickles, and kvass. This event will provide beginners with the confidance to begin experimenting with lactic-acid fermentation in their own kitchen while also providing experienced fermenters with some new techniques to refine their process.

This is a FREE event, but registrations through eventbrite are appreciated.

Location: 170 Main Street, Greenfield, MA – Franklin Community Co-op’s event space, just a few doors down from the co-op itself.

Please contact mark@hostahill.com with any questions.

Hosta Hill is a Berkshires based business committed to producing quality and delicious cultured foods. Responsibly packed, we take pride in our bold, vibrant healing foods made with ingredients sourced from local, organic producers throughout the region.

Real Pickles is a worker-owned co-operative based in Greenfield, MA producing raw naturally fermented pickles and sauerkrauts from locally-grown vegetables. We are committed to promoting human and ecological health by providing people with delicious, nourishing food and by working toward a regional, organic food system.

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🌈🥒Real Pickles was proud to march in the Franklin 🌈🥒Real Pickles was proud to march in the Franklin County Pride parade this weekend alongside an amazing community that really showed up to celebrate! 

A huge thank you to @franklincountypride for organizing such an incredibly joyful and meaningful event, and to everyone who came out to celebrate, support and spread the love.

And if you’re still rocking a Real Pickles Pride tattoo, we definitely want to see it! 
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Happy Pride! 🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Who’s excited for cucumber season‽ We are! Look at Who’s excited for cucumber season‽ We are! Look at how beautiful these baby future Organic Dill Pickles are! 🥒💚

#futurepickle #organic #northeastgrown @mtviewfarm
Last week, Real Pickles staff ventured out to East Last week, Real Pickles staff ventured out to Easthampton, Mass., for our annual field trip to visit Liz and Ben (and Clover the dog!) of Mountain View Farm.
Mountain View Farm is one of our amazing farm partners that supplies Real Pickles with organic cucumbers, green and red cabbage, leeks, onions, peppers and flowering dill. Last year, Mountain View delivered more than 58,000 pounds of organic produce to us, including over 20,000 pounds of pickling cucumbers!
The land we visited last week was just a small portion of the 100+ acres that Ben and Liz farm. This particular plot is used mostly for growing flowers and vegetables for their award-winning U-Pick CSA shares. While we didn’t get to see any baby cukes at this location, Liz showed us photos of future Organic Dill Pickles growing beautifully on the farm’s leased land in Hadley, Mass.
As we walked the Easthampton fields together, we learned about some of the ways Ben and Liz are preparing for the upcoming season, including plans to make cucumber harvesting even more plentiful and easier on the crew’s bodies.
Thank you, Liz and Ben, for hosting us and for being such incredible partners in our mission to build a strong regional food system!
@mtviewfarm #organic #northeastgrown #loveyourfarmer 
📷 by RP staff, including @gillis.photography
✨We’re excited to announce that two Real Pickles p ✨We’re excited to announce that two Real Pickles products have been named Good Food Award Finalists for 2026!✨
Real Pickles Organic Chile Kraut and Organic Nettle Kraut were selected as top scorers in the blind tasting competition and met the strict vetting criteria for sustainable and responsible production.
Out of more than 1,200 entries, we are incredibly honored to be recognized alongside 234 exceptional makers dedicated to crafting food and drink that are not only delicious, but also responsibly produced.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists, and thank you to the Good Food Foundation for your continued work in recognizing and celebrating companies committed to a more responsible food system! 💚

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Join our Sales Team! We’re looking for a Sales Re Join our Sales Team! 
We’re looking for a Sales Representative who is inspired by our mission and is excited to explore worker-ownership in our co-op! 
Full job description at realpickles.com/jobs 
Link in bio.
Looking for a new recipe for soup night? Pickle so Looking for a new recipe for soup night? Pickle soup may sound unusual at first, but it’s a long-loved comfort food in parts of Eastern Europe and a delicious way to enjoy the benefits of fermented foods. This recipe has a rich, savory flavor with just a hint of tang and a whole lot of heartiness. Dig into your winter vegetable stash and pop open a jar of Organic Dill Pickles — you may have just found your new favorite soup! #RealPickles #SoupSeason #Organic #Recipe #Pickles

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