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Making Beans Craveable

A transformative hack

Melissa Hoffman
Sep 25, 2025
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Today’s guest post is by

Melissa Hoffman
, a full-time farmer, gatherer, and fermentation educator living on a 1,300-acre mountain farm in Vermont. She makes koji-based ferments from the wild and cultivated abundance around her. Follow her work at Instagram @shofarm_vt or www.livingfuture.org.

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Melissa Hoffman
Farmer/gatherer, teacher & plant-centered chef tending wildlife habitat, forests, & fields.
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