Vegetable Fermentation

Embark on a flavorful journey of vegetable preservation and probiotics!

Saturday, September 7, 1-4 pm Cancelled for 2024

Earthaven Ecovillage
Near Asheville, NC

Come out and see what’s bubbling in ancestral foodways enthusiast Rachel Fee’s kitchen. Join her for an afternoon of chopping, salting, and packing while discussing fermented foods throughout history, the benefits of lacto-fermentation for our internal and external microbiomes, the practical knowledge needed to ferment at home. Learn basic fermentation and troubleshooting techniques for how home fermentation can lead to a personal and cultural revolution through food. End the afternoon with a tongue tingling taste test of a variety of vegetable and fruit ferments.

Registration

Program

10 am – noon: Earthaven Ecovillage tour
Noon – 1 pm: Lunch – bring your own
1 – 4 pm: Presentation

Sliding Scale Tuition

Because some people have more financial means than others, we have created a sliding scale fee system to accommodate a range of economic realities. The high-end of the scale reflects the value we believe the program holds, and the low-end offers a more accessible entry point.

By choosing a higher price point, you are helping make the program more accessible to others for whom the low-end may be cost-prohibitive. Please consider your needs and resources to determine what might be a stretch, but not a strain.

Cost

Note: This program is cancelled for 2024.

Logistics

Food

No food is provided for the program. Please bring food that you will need.

Cancellation & Refunds

If you cancel your registration, you may:

Donate your tuition to support our continued work
Request a refund per our policy:
- 90% refund for cancellations prior to 30 days before the start of the program
- 50% refund for cancellations prior to 10 days before the start of the program
All refund requests received within one week of the start of the program will be considered within two weeks of the end of the program.

If SOIL cancels this program for any reason whatsoever, you would receive a 100% refund.

Lodging

Several accommodation options are available at Earthaven Ecovillage and in the surrounding area. No indoor lodging is available at Earthaven for this program.

Camping
Cost per person: 1 or 2 nights $50
Cost per person: 3 nights $75

Campground Cabin Shared Lodging
Cost per person: 1 or 2 nights $70
Cost per person: 3 nights $85

Off-Site Options
Various options in Bat Cave, Black Mountain, and Asheville.

Location

This program takes place at Earthaven Ecovillage. This permaculture-based community offers a unique living classroom where participants will engage with the natural world, eco-infrastructure, and the intimate experience of rural community living.

What to Expect at Earthaven

Instructor

Rachel Fee

Instructor

Rachel is a clinical herbalist, farmer, and mother of four nearly grown children. She was in clinical practice for fifteen years, practicing her own system of “mutt” herbalism that synthesizes her background in Traditional Western Herbalism, Ayurveda, and Southern Folk Medicine. These days her greatest joy and purpose is found in tending the land collaboratively, raising animals for food, as well as herb and vegetable gardening. She’s especially passionate about building soil and creating diverse ecosystems of year-round forage for her animals, resilience of all kinds, and being of service to this wild experiment that is Earthaven.

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Registration

Complete the registration form for one or two adult participants. It takes 5-10 minutes, and you will complete your enrollment with a credit card authorization.

After your enrollment is processed, you will receive several confirmations…