Fermentation Skill Sharing Workshop
Sharing skills in the joys of creative fermentation processes to create delicious, nutritionally enhanced, preserved seasonal foods and drinks that nourish our bodies.
Ever more research is emerging which highlights how fundamental microbes are in shaping our health and wellbeing - from the microbiome of our guts to the microbiome of the soil.
Fermented foods have been central to human diets around the world for thousands and thousands of years. Fermentation processes enhance flavour and preserve surplus and seasonal ingredients. While the nutritional value of much of our food diminishes due to chemical agriculture, fermentation offers a vital remedy by enhancing the nutritional bio-availability of our food.
Live fermented products are becoming more popular, however their expense makes them inaccessible to many. Gaining skills in fermentation empowers us to make our own, and such ancient ancestral food practices benefit our gut health, community health, and our general wellbeing.
These workshops offer a practical introduction into fermentation techniques, sharing versatile tools to experiment in creative ways with ingredients, flavours and timelines.
Fermentation workshops can last between two and four hours depending on the scope of processes we explore. Sessions can be broken up across the day or across multiple days if needed.
Offerings are primarily held in South Devon, however for longer group explorations, sessions further afield in the UK are possible.
The space was welcoming and well set up, the instructions were thorough, and also left room for a bit of ad lib and experimentation. I valued this as it gave a sense of the infinite possibilities, even though the process was clear enough to ensure great results. I really enjoyed meeting the other participants and felt very nourished by the end of the session, as well as having gained a new skill!
~ L.O.R
WHAT’S A SESSION LIKE?
Standard sessions include:
Group welcome, introduction and landing together
A background introduction on fermentation, the gifts, benefits and exciting possibilities of this ancient, varied food preparation pathway
Hearing the groups’ experience of, and relationship to, fermentation and fermented foods and drinks
Sharing a simple and versatile technique for fermenting, processing and preserving vegetables, such as techniques for kraut-chi or brining
Creating handmade labels for our ferments
Everyone gets the opportunity to create the beginnings their own ferment, to take home and care for - and then to enjoy a week or two down the line!
Sessions can also include:
Introducing fermentation processes for making fermented drinks, such as ginger beer and kombucha
Everyone having the chance to take home the beginnings of a fermented drink starter
Introducing fermentation processes for making bread, such as sourdough
Everyone has the chance to take home the beginnings of a sourdough starter.
A taster session of pre-prepared fermented goodies.
If you have any question about these skill sharing fermentation sessions, or would like to explore working together, please reach out.
COST
FOR ORGANISATIONS
Cost varies depending on the size of the group, the length of the workshop and the number of elements woven in.
Starting cost for a standard two-hour workshop with 10 people
is £275.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
Individual workshops are offered on a sliding scale basis.
Standard two-hour workshops cost from £30 - £100.
FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS
Community group sessions are offered on a sliding scale basis with some pay what you can places.
A standard two-hour workshop costs £15 - £50 for each person.
Does the pricing feel limiting to you being able to access this offering? Nothing is fixed or set in stone, and if you feel able to reach out, let’s have a conversation to explore different possibilities.
