Festival of Fermentation and Pickle Party

For thousands of years, people around the world have used fermentation and pickling to make and preserve food, handing the knowledge down through generations. Do you want to join this long line of folk and keep it going? Whether you are a total beginner, or already surrounded by bubbling jars, come along to this celebration of human x microbe collaboration. Edinburgh Agroecology Co-op, Grass Roots Remedies and Rhyze Mushrooms are hosting a fermentation and pickling Tasting Fair, tours and workshops, and opening our brand new food processing space.

The food processing space, and this opening event, is kindly funded by Edinburgh Community Climate Action Greenlight seedgrant fund. Thank you to ECCAN and to everyone who voted for us to receive this grant. The funding means we can make this event free - but spaces are limited, please book a ticket to attend.

The afternoon programme includes:

• A celebratory Tasting Fair - with all kinds of pickles, preserves and ferments to try
• A talk from Monica Wilde about the Wild Food Gut Microbiome
• Tours of the Rhyze Mushrooms Worm Tunnel (including bokashi composting)
• Tours of our new processing kitchen and custom seed drying/ produce dehydrating cabinet
• Ceremonial opening of the new processing kitchen

(There is also a choice of two workshops in the morning - these are strictly limited spaces and need a separate ticket)

This event for anyone interested in fermentation, pickling and composting. No previous knowledge needed. The content is aimed mostly at adults, but all ages welcome.

This is a large outdoor event in the land partner hub on the west side of Lauriston Farm. Some parts will be under cover of a marquee or the Pack Shed, plus the optional tours of the wormery polytunnel and processing kitchen portacabin.

Please dress for the outdoors.

We will be on a mix of rough stone path and rough grassy ground, which may be muddy in places. There are 1-2 steps up to the processing kitchen - the rest is level (if rough) access. There is a spacious, all-gender, single cubicle composting toilet. Seating will be available. Please email [email protected] if you have any accessibility questions or requests.

The land partner hub is located here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aoeB87fbCHX8Aset7

You can also walk to it across the farm from here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ejragJRmz4EfUvDt9 (takes about 15 mins)

Please use public transport, walk, wheel or cycle to get to the farm whenever possible.

Lothian Buses 16, 27, 29, 37 & 47 all stop within 5 minutes of the farm.

There is no general car parking on the farm.

We can support a small number of vehicles to park at the entrance - this is reserved only for those who need it as an access requirement - please email [email protected] if you need to do this.

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