Food & Ferments

Food & Ferments is a small business in Truxton, in Cortland County, built around traditional, locally made fermented foods and drinks. Its focus is healthy eating that starts close to home, using the basic food preparation, cooking and storage methods people relied on long before processed food took over.

The idea, as the business describes it, is to help bridge the gap left by the processed-food era and to see the community eating well. It is one of the local makers promoted as Made in Cortland.

What to Know

• The focus is fermented foods and beverages made in the traditional way.
• Basic traditional foods and methods of cooking and storage are part of the mission.
• Truxton is a small Cortland County town within reach of the city of Cortland.
• Experience Cortland, the county tourism office, features the business.