Local market standout, St. Pete Ferments, has to relocate, asks community for support

This is a good news bad news story. Bad news first. Due to the unforeseen sale of the production building they occupy, beloved kimchi and kombucha vendors, St. Pete Ferments (SPF), has to relocate. Writing on them in the past, We at I Love the Burg laude SPF: they are a local market standout, whose fermented goodies entice waves of customers at Saturday Morning Market and Indie Flea. While this sudden relocation disappoints, there is some good news.

The good: SPF’s new spot off 3rd and MLK is better located and provides SPF the opportunity to expand operations beyond the usual markets. Relocating may open new opportunities, but the sudden transition entails unanticipated, burdensome costs. SPF is counting on community support to offset some of their losses so they can get back to doing what they do, jarring the finest fermented goods in the ‘Burg. And your donation will not go unreciprocated. In appreciation, they’re giving back to donors.

You can learn more about the move, and St. Pete Ferment’s future on their Instagram. In additional exciting news, SPF will share its new space with Queen and Colony.

If you donate here, SPF offers tiered gift giveaways:    

Tier 1: $25 donation receives local seed packet and hand-written thank you.

Tier 2: $50 donation receives custom risograph prints of our local abundance courtesy of Print St. Pete, as 5 raffles tickets and local seed packet.

Tier 3: $100 donation receives limited kombucha bottle release (collaboration with Queen & Colony, as well as 10 raffles tickets, and items listed in tier 1 and 2.

Tier 4: $250 donation receives a bee colony, well, a bee colony will be named after you, as well as 20 raffle tickets, and the items in tiers 1 – 3.

Tier 5: $500 donations receive a future pass: 10% off 1-year of product purchases OR 1-year class pass, plus 30 raffle tickets, and all items listed in tiers 1 – 4.

Tier 6: $1000 donations receive admittance to a limited seating, farm-style dinner (+1 guest), 40 raffle tickets, and all the goodies from all the aforementioned tiers (1 – 5).