Kirsten Shockey and Christopher Shockey got their start in fermenting foods with their farmstand food company, where they created over forty varieties of cultured vegetables and krauts. When they realized their passion was for the process, they chose to focus on teaching the art of fermenting vegetables. They now teach classes at their farm and host small farm workshops. Kirsten maintains their blog at www.fermentista.us. They live on a 40-acre hillside homestead in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon.