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==Ferment Sharing: A Prototype for Starter Piracy== | ===Ferment Sharing: A Prototype for Starter Piracy=== | ||
===You wouldn't download a bread=== | ====You wouldn't download a bread==== | ||
[[File:Signal-2026-03-16-212118.jpg|thumb|Due to a recent move, I parted with my SCOBY. Wanting to start again with kombucha-brewing, I sent a message to a group chat with neighbors. Within a few hours I obtained a new | [[File:Signal-2026-03-16-212118.jpg|thumb|Due to a recent move, I parted with my SCOBY. Wanting to start again with kombucha-brewing, I sent a message to a group chat with neighbors. Within a few hours I obtained a new starter—and met a new person.]] | ||
When sharing files, they multiply. Unlike sharing a physical book with one friend at a time, an e-book file can be shared with all of your friends at the same time. Starters used in fermenting—such as a sourdough or kombucha starter—are physical in the same sense as a book, but much more like a digital file in their sharing properties. They can be distributed without loosing the original, and each copy (child?) can be distributed again, endlessly. Sharing starters with peers is a social and cultural practice that enables us to make our own bread (or our own drinks, our own yogurt) instead of relying on the availability and affordability of store products. It can strengthen the relationship to the food we eat and our bonds within the community in which we share the cultures and the knowledge around tending to them. | When sharing files, they multiply. Unlike sharing a physical book with one friend at a time, an e-book file can be shared with all of your friends at the same time. Starters used in fermenting—such as a sourdough or kombucha starter—are physical in the same sense as a book, but much more like a digital file in their sharing properties. They can be distributed without loosing the original, and each copy (child?) can be distributed again, endlessly. Sharing starters with peers is a social and cultural practice that enables us to make our own bread (or our own drinks, our own yogurt) instead of relying on the availability and affordability of store products. It can strengthen the relationship to the food we eat and our bonds within the community in which we share the cultures and the knowledge around tending to them. | ||
===Cool things to make | ====Cool things to make with kombucha==== | ||
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[[File:Kombucha-battery.png|200px]] | [[File:Kombucha-battery.png|200px|Kombucha battery (Mastodon post by [[User:Tommi|Tommi]])]] | ||
[[File:Kombucha-circuit.png|200px]] | [[File:Kombucha-circuit.png|200px|Electronic circuits on kombucha mats ([https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-36244-8#Fig2 Source])]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:53, 17 March 2026
Ferment Sharing: A Prototype for Starter Piracy
You wouldn't download a bread
When sharing files, they multiply. Unlike sharing a physical book with one friend at a time, an e-book file can be shared with all of your friends at the same time. Starters used in fermenting—such as a sourdough or kombucha starter—are physical in the same sense as a book, but much more like a digital file in their sharing properties. They can be distributed without loosing the original, and each copy (child?) can be distributed again, endlessly. Sharing starters with peers is a social and cultural practice that enables us to make our own bread (or our own drinks, our own yogurt) instead of relying on the availability and affordability of store products. It can strengthen the relationship to the food we eat and our bonds within the community in which we share the cultures and the knowledge around tending to them.
Cool things to make with kombucha
