Austin’s culinary adventure started in 1998 when he got fired from a landscaping job for doing wheelies in a case loader. He wanted a job that was chill and easy, so he applied at a French restaurant washing dishes. The sou chef talked to him about the local agriculture movement. It had a huge impact on his ideas of food consumption and changed his way of thinking. He moved to Wisconsin in 2000 pursuing many food endeavors such as coffee roasting, cheese making, fermenting, gardening, canning, and brewing soda of all kinds! He lives with his beautiful wife & children. He still washes a lot of dishes.