Ferment Change is back in Oakland, California, with even more awesome events than last year. Here’s the gist: A series of events where we eat and drink all manner of delicious fermented foods, plus lessons and exchanges during which awesome picklers help each other become become even more awesome at pickling—all in support of City Slicker Farms, a fantastic urban farming and food and environmental justice group that builds and maintains backyard gardens and runs gardening workshops, a farm stand, and compost collection in West Oakland. Melissa Schilling took the photo above at one of their sites.
Here’s a list of the happenings. They last from April till June, so you’ll probably be hearing about them from me again later on. Coming up this month there will be fermented beverage workshops, tastings, and a culture exchange on April 17th; a lesson in homebrewing on the 18th; a plant sale on the 14th; and a tour of homebreweries and home distilleries (the latter is a rare one!) on the 25th. Later on, there will be a big fermented food potluck and party, a gourmet dinner, another tour, a workshop for kids… scroll down to see it all + contact info.
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Bring yo’ Motha’- A night of fermented beverages to benefit City Slicker Farms
Kombucha, Ginger Beer, Vinegar, and Kefir workshop and mother culture swap
April 17th 8-12pm
Sol
1236 23rd Avenue
Oakland, CA 946
COST- FREE. Donations accepted. Mixed drinks and food for sale to benefit City Slicker Farms
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Extract Beer Brewing with Chris
Hands on brewing. April 18th
10-4pm
Contact Chris at modelcitizen483@gmail.com for the address and to RSVP
COST- FREE. Donations are accepted
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PLANT SALE!- Come on by for some live music and a beyond organic plants sale by the People’s Grocery
April 24th
10-3PM
California Hotel *to raise funds to hire residents from the hotel to work in the greenhouse
35th and Chestnut in West Oakland
More info: max@peoplesgrocery.org or www.peoplesgrocery.org
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Tour De Ferment-A homebrewers and home stills bike tour and tasting through the East Bay
April 25th- Details TBA.
RSVP with Dylan at geodylan@comcast.net or munc at grow.your.own.food@gmail.com for location start point
COST- Sliding Scale $10-$30 to benefit CSF. No one turned away for lack of funds
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Ferment Change 2010 – Fermented Food Feast and Celebration of Urban Agriculture
Including a potluck, live music, demonstrations and fermented product tasting to raise funds for City Slicker Farms
May 14th, 2010
7-10pm
390 27th St, Oakland Ca. 94612
COST- $10-$30 Sliding Scale to raise funds for City Slicker Farms. Let us know what fermented treats you are bringing at info@fermentchange.org.
No one turned away for lack of funds. Email info@fermentchange.org for info work trade
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City Slicker Farms Bike Tour and Potluck
Sunday May 16th 2010 – Take a tour with Logan of City Slicker Farms through City Slicker Farms’ urban gardens and farms in West Oakland. Along the way we will visit Backyard Gardeners from City Slickers “BYG” program. Bring a snack, some fermented treats will be provided
Please RSVP with Logan@cityslickerfarms.org and state what you can afford to contribute
COST:$10-$50 Sliding Scale to benefit City Slicker Farms. Limit 20 people.
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Ferment – a sit-down cultured dinner, with talk by Novella Carpenter and City Slicker Farms’ backyard gardeners to raise funds for the Backyard Gardening Program
June 3rd – Details TBA, 75 person limit
email info@peoplesgrocery.org or kent@cityslickerfarms for more info or to RSVP
COST-$60-$100 per plate all to benefit City Slicker Farms. 5 Community tickets are available at reduced rates for work exchange
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Ferment for Kidz- Kraut making for kids with Mike
June 12th-Details and location to TBA
email mike at mulchpermaculture@yahoo.com for more info
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Ferment Trouble Shooting- -What went right or wrong
INFO TBA
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