Come for the kimchi. Stay for everything else.
Fermentation shop and café rooted in the Hudson Valley, and now in your kitchen too. Everything is made in small batches and sourced from farms we trust.
ABOUT DRIFTER FERMENTS
It started on a bus.
In 2013, Tara Whitsitt loaded a 40-foot converted school bus with crocks, cultures, and a deep belief that anyone could learn to ferment, and drove it across the United States. She taught on farms, in schools, and at kitchen tables from coast to coast. The New York Times called her “the Johnny Appleseed of pickling.”
Then, she found the Hudson Valley. Farmers who grow with intention, eaters who care about what's on their plate, and a community that was ready for what she'd been making for years. In 2020, she opened Drifter Ferments in Warwick and never looked back.
The demand for Tara's ferments grew faster than the shop could contain. So she expanded. Today you can find Drifter Ferments at farmers markets across the region, in the shop, or delivered straight to your door. Same small-batch craft, same live culture, wherever you are.
WARWICK SHOP HOURS
Friday - Sunday: 10 - 3pm
Monday - Thursday: CLOSED
PLEASANTVILLE FARMERS MARKET
Saturday, August 8th from 8:30 - 1pm
Meet Tara
Tara is an educator and writer with over 15 years of experience in food fermentation. From 2013 to 2019, she traveled the United States with her educational non-profit Fermentation on Wheels, teaching fermentation to students of all ages and backgrounds. In 2017 Tara published a book titled Fermentation on Wheels (Bloomsbury Publishing), which is a collection of road stories and do-it-yourself fermentation recipes. Settling in the Hudson Valley in 2020, she opened Drifter Ferments to share her knowledge and passion for fermentation with her local community and beyond.
Your gut called. It wants something alive.
Every product is made in-house by Tara and her team, pure deliciousness packed with live culture, crafted from seasonal Hudson Valley farms and sometimes wild-harvested ingredients.
We source from Hudson Valley farms and forage wild ingredients — organic, fair-trade, and as close to home as possible.Local & seasonal, always
Small-batch creations
Vegetable ferments, tempeh, miso, sourdough, nut cheese, cultured condiments, all crafted from scratch in our Warwick production kitchen.Small-batch creations
Community of eaters
From the shop to the market to your kitchen table, Drifter Ferments exists to connect people to real food and to each other.Community of eaters