Wildculturing: The Art of Crafting Live-Cultured Foods
“Wildculturing works with increasing the fecundity and perennial abundance of the inner and outer terrain. Wildculturing is a toolbox packed with traditional techniques and practices from simple ways to increase the quality of microorganisms in an inner microbiome or a microclimate. It brings back wholeness of the combined genetic material of the microorganisms in a particular environment.” Wildculturing begins with the wild and native edible plants of fields and forests, bringing them into our kitchens to start the culturing process. Come and discover the wonders of the gut microbiome, its role in health and how we can better support it. Learn the ancient food-preserving process of bacterial fermentation, how it works and why these foods and drinks matter so much to health. Through the evenings, we will taste delicious, nourishing, mature fermented vegetable samples and herbal beverages to inspire you to eat and drink with gut health in mind. Fermentation makes foods more nutritious as well as delicious. Microscopic organisms – transform food and extend its usefulness. Fermentation is found throughout human cultures. Hundreds of medical and scientific studies confirm what folklore has always known: Fermented foods help people stay healthy. We will discuss some of your favourite foods and … Read more
