554: Fearless Fermenting With Austin Durant

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Wellness, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Diet, Health

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Are you afraid your kombucha scoby might kill you? Are you intimidated by the idea of making your own kraut? You may know that ferments are good for your gut and your overall health, but you still might be hesitant when it comes to making your own. Austin Durant, the author of "Fearless Fermenting," hopes to ease your fears by showing you the fermenting "ropes". He goes over how easy it is to get going, with tools and produce you might have on hand in your own kitchen right now. He also explains why you should even get started in the first place. From porridge to kraut to escabeche and more, Austin demystifies the process, inviting you to roll up your sleeves and to get fermenting for fun...and for your health!

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0:00.0	What do people not know about them?
0:01.7	I think it's really probably just the nutrient density of it, I would say.
0:06.8	Like, even I'm learning new things.
0:08.1	Like, I didn't realize that short chain fatty acids were created during process.
0:12.8	So just, yeah, just the enhancement of this very simple process is probably the thing that I was like, whoa, I didn't realize that.
0:20.2	And of course, it being probiotic rich, I like to say that fermented foods are the original probiotics, right? Because we now have it distilled into a pill. And honestly, that can be useful in certain applications. But you're getting a much more wider variety of probiotics, especially if you're making it in your house, you're in your territory, you're in the air,
0:39.4	especially if you're getting stuff from your garden.
0:44.8	So those microbes are almost like custom tailored to you versus if you buy it something from far away.
0:58.2	From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditionsitions podcast for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
1:07.6	And now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata Gore.
1:13.3	Hey, Hilda here.
1:15.8	You know fernments are good for your gut and your overall health, but you still buy your
1:20.2	crout kombucha and pickles at the farmer's market or at a grocery store.
1:24.1	Well, that may be a thing of the past as this episode demonstrates how
1:29.0	easy it is to get rolling with fermenting food yourself. This is episode 554 and our guest today
1:36.0	is Austin Durant, the author of Fearless Fermenting and the founder of the Fermenters Club. From
1:42.0	porridge to Eskabeche and more, Austin demystifies the fermentation process
1:47.7	and helps us get a handle on how and why to get fermenting. He goes over how simple it is to get
1:54.4	started, making it really doable, while he also explains the science behind fermented foods' many
2:00.3	benefits. Before we get into the conversation,
2:02.4	I want to remind you that it is the Weston A Price Foundation's 25th anniversary. Join hands with us.
2:08.1	If you have benefited from our work in any way, for example, if you're a fan of this podcast,
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