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Workshops 2025

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with Rosa

Fermenting the earth, Wiring the mud.

with Sunjoo & Anna

Let's Make It Last!

with Yuliya Gwilym & Brigid Lefevre

25-10-04

Fermentation Workshop / Tasting / Story Sharing

- Fermentation: umbrella term for chemical processes that involve microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, yeasts); conversion of carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids

- Pickling: can be fermentation (anaerobic fermentation in salt water), or not (immersion in vinegar)

- Zymology: science of fermentation

- Leuconostoc mesenteroides: a lactic acid involved in fermentation (of vegetables) > "The Legend of Luca"

- Saccharomyces cerevisiae: first used for brewing beer, then also for baking bread; refined over centuries through advancements in microbiology (ability to produce pure yeasts)

- Lactobacillus (genus): first discovered in milk products; also very common in vegetable fermentation

- "Do you consider fermentation to be very spiritual?"

- Rotterdam DIY fermentation kit: "Rotpot"