How to Ferment Food, with Anna the Urban Nanna

Next date: Saturday, 30 August 2025 | 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Join permaculture and sustainability educator, Anna The Urban Nanna, in this workshop presentation where you’ll learn the ins and outs of fermenting food.

These days, you can go into pretty much any supermarket or grocer and find something fermented: you may be familiar with things like kombucha, kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut, but did you know that many mainstream foods are the result of fermentation as well? Bread, cheese, yoghurt, sour cream, beer, wine, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce…You’ve probably been eating fermented food for years, without knowing it!

Fermentation is a natural, controlled anaerobic (oxygen-free) process that food undergoes which converts carbohydrates into acids or alcohol and gas. There are a few different types of fermentation.

This free face-to-face workshop presentation will take you through some of the simplest and most effective ways to ferment different types of foods. This is a fabulous session for people wanting to get into ‘homesteading’ or permaculture living on a budget.

In collaboration with Frankston City council's Waste Circularity team as part of Zero Waste Week. 

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Carrum Downs Library, 203 Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs, 3201, View Map