Michaela Hayes is a food preservationist and educator with years of experience in the culinary arts. With a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Kansas and a Grand Diplome in Culinary Arts from The French Culinary Institute, she has worked in fine dining restaurants such as Union Square Hospitality Group's Gramercy Tavern and Tabla. Michaela's passion for food preservation led her to develop the Pickling position at Gramercy Tavern and explore fermented pickles at Farmhouse Culture in California. Through her company, Crock & Jar, Michaela teaches workshops on canning, pickling, and fermentation to support her community's local food movement, in which she is highly interested. Michaela is also the co-founder and farmer at Rise & Root Farm, just outside New York City.