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A Celebration of Fermentation

  • White Labs Brewing Co 9495 Candida Street San Diego, CA, 92126 United States (map)

What do beer, sourdough bread, and kimchi all have in common? Fermentation has become a popular topic in recent years, but how does it actually work, and in what ways does it benefit our health?

Find out of all this and more from our two experts!


Check out our speakers:

 

Celeste Allaband, DVM/PhD

Postdoctoral researcher at UC San Diego

Talk title: Fermentation and Digestion

Veterinarian and microbiome researcher, Celeste Allaband, will be talking about how the collection of bacteria and other microscopic creatures of the gut microbiome can help both animals and people digest their food and stay healthy. She will cover a variety of different topics - including probiotics, different ways animals digest their food, how diet impacts health, and debunk an animal myth or two.


 

Sean Kirkpatrick

Talk title: Food preservation through fermentation

Owner of Down To Ferment

Food preservation demonstrated through the use of Lactobacillus and proper methods of creating a safe environment to ferment.

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