Growing Communities x Sauerpuss: Seasonal sauerkraut workshop

Preserve the seasons and survive the hungry gap!

Your local veg box scheme Growing Communities has teamed up with fermentarian (and long-time Growing Communities customer) Clare Heal aka Sauerpuss to offer a seasonal fermenting workshop.

Learn how to bridge the 'hungry gap' - the time of year when the winter’s crops are finished but spring and summer’s bounty yet to appear - and create your very own jar of sauerkraut to take home.

We'll be making the most of seasonal produce, improving gut health and sharing inspiration about what to cook with some of the more awkward contents of your veg box!

This session is perfect for anyone looking to reduce food waste, build confidence in fermenting, and try something new. After the workshop there’ll be a chance to enjoy a drink and a chat whilst sampling some ferment-forward snacks.

Please bring your own jar (approx. 500g), this helps us keep costs down.

We hope to see you there!

What to expect:
6:00pm: Settle in, grab a drink, and find a seat.
6:30pm: An intro to Sauerpuss and Growing Communities, followed by a short talk from GC's Helena on seasonal eating, veg box cookery, and the hungry gap.
6:45pm: Sauerkraut Workshop: Get hands-on and learn how to make your own seasonal sauerkraut to take home.
8:00pm: Enjoy ferment-forward snacks, buy drinks from Hillbilly Social, and chat with fellow attendees.

About Clare: Clare Heal is a chef, writer and fermentation expert based in north London. She is the founder of Sauerpuss, running popular workshops for cookery schools, corporate clients and communities. You can subscribe to her recipe newsletter at clareheal.substack.com

About Growing Communities: Growing Communities has been building a better, fairer food system for the past 30 years. The Hackney-based not-for-profit brings communities together to support small, local, sustainable farmers with fair prices. It runs an organic fruit and veg scheme in north, east and south London; the UK’s only all-organic farmers’ market; an organic wholesale operation supplying councils, schools and veg schemes across London; two urban farms in Hackney and Dagenham and grower training schemes. Find out more https://growingcommunities.org/

About The Hillbilly Social: An independent brewery and community venue at the heart of Myddleton Road.