Want to reduce food waste and improve your health?
Join our Fermenting and Preserving course and:
- Learn about gut health
- Discover the health benefits of fermented foods
- Make your own fermented food & drink (Kombucha, Kefir, Kimchi, Sauerkraut)
- Learn how to keep food for longer by preserving & dehydrating
The Fermenting course for May-June 2025 is now FULL. TO be added to the waiting list for the next course, which will be in September 2025, please complete the form below.
This course is free thanks to a grant from the Co-op Local Community Fund. However you will require some equipment and ingredients to make the food and drinks which you can take home. You can either bring these yourself, or purchase them from the teacher. You will not need to bring anything on the first week.
Week 1:
Introduction to fermenting. Explanation of benefits and methods.
Week 2:
Learning how to make fermented non alcoholic fizzy drinks: kombucha, water kefir, ginger beer. Recipes and demonstration on how to make one of them.
Week 3:
Fermented vegetable drinks: beetroot kvass, fermented cucumbers
Week 4:
Fermenting vegetables and mushrooms:
Sauerkraut, kimchi, salted mushrooms with onions
Week 5:
Dehydrating fruits and vegetables and other methods of preserving food.
Making fruit leathers, fruit sugar, veg mix for soups and sauces