Fermentation Intensive with a Focus on Vegetables

Fermentation Intensive with a Focus on Vegetables

Friday, November 8 – Monday, November 11, 2013

Join cultural revivalist Sandor Ellix Katz for an intensive, hands-on fermentation experience. Learn how to ferment (and sample) many different types of ferments, including vegetables, dairy products, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks, tempeh, and more. The focus on vegetables will include a field trip to Long Hungry Creek Farm in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, where we will harvest 500 lbs. of radishes, then turn it into a barrel full of radish kraut. Be ready to scrub and shred radishes!

The workshop will be held at Little Short Mountain Farm in Woodbury, TN. Sandor is an experienced fermentation educator who shares these skills with great enthusiasm and passion. Students have access to Sandor’s extensive library of fermentation-related books during their stay.

$350

Partial work-trade and barter options available; also local discounts for residents of middle Tennessee; please inquire. Workshop fee includes all food and camping. November weather can be cold and/or wet. Be prepared, and rest assured that there is space for impromptu indoor camping and couch-surfing. As an alternative to camping, we offer two primitive, rustic cabins for an additional fee of $100. Please note that the cabins are not heated and have no electricity or running water. We can also recommend other local lodgings.

These workshops are hands-on and participatory. Students share in food preparation and clean-up, and our meals are typically some combination of planned ferments and spontaneous collaborations.

We can get people to and from the Nashville airport (65 miles: $35 each way) or Murfreesboro bus station (25 miles: $25 each way).

Please Note: Sandor and many of his friends are queer. Please do not consider this program unless you feel comfortable around queers and gender-non-conformists.

To register, email the following info to fffworkshops@wildfermentation.com; then you will hear back with instructions for sending a deposit to hold your place. If after registering you decide that you cannot attend, please notify us as soon as possible. Unless we are able to fill your spot, we will not be able to refund your deposit.

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