Event Link: https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/class/a-festival-of-fermentation/
A weekend of food, skill sharing and celebration with special guest Sandor Katz.
Fri 24th 6pm – Sun 26th June 4pm – Pembrokeshire
Sandor will be presenting Saturday the 25th
Bringing people together to celebrate food and culture by sharing knowledge and practices around traditional methods of preserving food through the art of fermentation.
We are very excited to host fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz as our special guest on the Saturday thanks to publishers Chelsea Green. His new book ‘Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys’ will be available for purchase on the day along with a selection of fermented products from local artisans and LWA members.
Alongside a bubbling array of workshops in the daytimes, we will come together to feast on Saturday evening and celebrate with dance and song into the night.
Tickets include:
* A weekend of fermentation workshops ranging from sauerkrauts & pickles, via cheese, yoghurt & sourdough bread to hedgerow wine, cider and kombucha! And much more.
* Talk by the fermentation revivalist himself Sandor Katz (Saturday)
* Amazing long table feast on Saturday evening. Will include meat, veggie, vegan and gluten free options.
* Ceilidh & campfire vibes
* Forest School for kids aged between 7 and 15 (Daytimes)
* Farm tour
* Film Screening on Friday evening.
* Camping at Parc y Dderwen (for weekend tickets)
Ticket types:
We have a selection of tickets on offer to ensure that the event is as accessible as possible for all.
*Standard Weekend* – For LWA members or local residents** £75
*Supported Weekend* – For LWA members or local residents** at a reduced rate for those on low incomes. £50
*Solidarity Weekend* – For Non Members/Local Residents** OR for those that can afford to pay more to enable our reduced rate tickets. £100
*Saturday Day Ticket* – a limited number available for local residents** only. £50
*Kids – Forest School* – for kids between 7 and 15 years – day or weekend. £25
*Kids – Aged 4-6* – Day or weekend. £5
*Kids – 3 and under* – Free. Please still put these tickets in your order so we know total numbers on site.
*Vehicle* – a very limited number of live-in vehicles can be parked on the festival site. £10
*Bursary tickets* – We have a limited number of fully supported bursary tickets available for LWA members or local residents**. If you would like to attend the event but are unable to pay, you can apply for a full bursary ticket by emailing lauren.simpson@landworkersalliance.org.uk
** Local residents means anybody living in North Pembrokeshire, West Carmarthenshire or South Ceredigion.
Who’s Sandor Katz?
Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee, his explorations in fermentation developed out of his overlapping interests in cooking, nutrition, and gardening. He is the author of five books: Wild Fermentation, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, The Art of Fermentation—which won a James Beard Foundation Award in 2013—Fermentation as Metaphor, and most recently Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys. The hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world have helped catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. The New York Times calls Sandor ‘one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene.’ For more information, check out his website: www.wildfermentation.com or follow him on Instagram @sandorkraut.
Arrivals
Arrive from 6pm on Friday the 24th June or in time for the first workshop on Saturday at 10am.
Where?
Parc y Dderwen, Pembrokeshire, Cymru. Directions will be sent to ticket holders. Parc y Dderwen is a 12 acre off-grid farm and food business specialising in a range of naturally fermented and raw sauerkrauts and kimchi kraut.
What to bring
Camping stuff
Warm clothes – workshops will be held in a barn and marquees
Waterproofs in case it rains… fingers crossed.
DIY camp breakfasts for those staying over.
Cash for the bar, fermented products and bookshop
For those arriving on Friday evening – a bring and share dish for dinner
Picnic lunches (there will also be lunches to purchase on Saturday & Sunday)
Your favourite homemade ferment for the ‘ferment and tell’!
Parking & Public Transport
There is parking for everyone who buys a ticket, but we encourage you to share lifts and take public transport as much as possible. Ticket holders will be sent a self organising lift-share document. The nearest train station is Clunderwen.
Volunteering
If you’d like to volunteer in exchange for a free ticket then email event organiser Lauren on lauren.simpons@landworkersalliance.org.uk. Volunteer tasks could include car park stewarding, ticket desk, bar shifts, washing up, serving food, site set up and pack down.
Dogs
Dogs are welcome if well behaved and on a lead at all times – this is because they’ll be lots of small children and potential livestock nearby.
Questions?
Please contact lauren.simpson@landworkersalliance.org.uk
