85: To Starter or Not to Starter

FermUp - The Fermented Food Podcast

Why would anyone want to use starter cultures when fermenting vegetables? Branden is joined by fellow fermenter, Jason Spencer, to discuss the differences between starter cultures and wild or spontaneous fermentation.

Show notes:

S.E. Nash

Making Cultured Vegetables at Home.mov - YouTube

[Kinetic Culture

Create Your Own Fermented Foods](http://products.mercola.com/kinetic-culture/)

[Effects of Leuconostoc mesenteroides starter cultures

PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17995739)

www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/50661.pdf

[Using whey for fermentation

phickle](http://phickle.com/index.php/why-i-dont-whey-lacto-fermentation-without-starters/)

Reedsburg Fermentation Fest

[Kombucha & Miso Events

Fermenters Club](http://www.fermentersclub.com/events/)

Creative Kimchi Playshop

[Fermentation on Wheels

Fermentation on Wheels is a traveling culinary research hub with a mission to harvest & preserve, encourage sustainability, and teach fermentation.](http://www.fermentationonwheels.com/)

Austin Fermentation Festival Afterparty Meet-and-Greet… Tickets, Austin - Eventbrite

[Austin Fermentation Festival 2014

Texas Farmers Market](http://texasfarmersmarket.org/austin-fermentation-festival-2014/)

[Jason Spencer & Ferment Fanatics

For Fans of All Fermentation](http://fermentfanatics.com/)

Ferment Fanatics

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