The vast use of antibiotics and the chemicals in our food, even tiny traces of Roundup, destroy the balance in our intestine and bad bacteria take hold. The reestablishing of healthy bacteria is very difficult and can take months and even years.

Our microbiome is utterly complex. 70% of our immune system resides in the gut. The microbiome has many functions and even regulate our hormones.
We will discuss our microbiome in detail and show you many ways how to improve it through diet and lifestyle.

A vegetable ferment promotes the growth of healthy flora throughout the intestine. Each participant will prepare a ferment with fresh, organic vegetables on the day to take home.

We will enjoy a light lunch with fermented foods, herbs, fermented dairy and vegetables. The lunch is vegetarian with dairy, eggs and vegetables from KoruKai Herb farm. If you have dietary restrictions or allergies, please get in touch.

We will also learn how to make water kefir, probiotic yoghurt, milk kefir and a simple, fresh cheese brimming with billions of healthy gut bacteria.

Topics:

  • Our complex microbiome
  • Art and science of fermenting vegetables
  • Making a vegetable ferment
  • Water Kefir
  • Milk Kefir
  • Probiotic dairy yoghurt and cream cheese


What you will get:

  • Fermentation Booklet with information and recipes
  • 500g (approx.) of vegetable ferment to take home
  • Up to 10% off fermentation equipment (jars, glass weights, airlocks, wooden pounder)
  • Nutritious and delicious lunch with a selection of handcrafted goodies from the farm including ferments, sourdough bread and probiotic cheese



More information on the benefits of fermented vegetables: here



Tutor: Cornelia Holten
MEd (Integrative Learning), Certificate in Organic Horticulture and Herbal Medicine

Cornelia is a soil health educator and herbalist with a passion for soil health, growing nutritious food, DIY, herbs, and self-sufficiency.

A certificate in Organic Horticulture, intensive training with Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School, an Apprenticeship in Herbal Medicine at Valmai Becker's Phytofarm, training in Allan Savoury's Holistic Management, Permaculture Design with Geoff Lawton, hands-on training with cheese maestro David Asher and living on a farm in Pigeon Bay equip her with a lot of knowledge and practical experience about soil health, holistic food systems, growing and preparing nutritious food and fermentation. A Masters Degree in Integrative Learning at Endicott College enables her to weave her vast knowledge together to run easy to understand and fun workshops.

Together with her husband Kai, she is teaching workshops on soil health, whole foods, fermentation, cheese and bread making and regenerative gardening.

A thirst for knowledge and a passion for new scientific studies keep her well informed on those topics.


Fermentation Workshop Teacher says Stinging Nettle Weed a "True Superfood" (press article)

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Sabina and Ken 19/06/2023

Wonderful holistic learning experience

We got so much new information and learning from the fermentation workshop, in particular about making yoghurt and kefir drinks. Making our vegetable ferments was fun, especially with a small group of like-minded people, and working around the kitchen bench seemed so natural. Kai prepared a most delicious lunch of garden salad greens, freshly made sour dough bread with their home made butter, egg/vege frittata - and a selection of their amazing probiotic cheeses. It was lovely to share this with Nicholas and Julia too (Cornelia and Kai's children) - Nicholas had made one of the delicious cheeses!!! We loved seeing how the family all worked together ❤. Sadly we didn't get to look around the garden since it was very wet. This workshop was a real treat and we highly recommend it.

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Jen Williams 18/06/2023

Great workshop

Really informative and worthwhile, I learnt heaps. Absolutely delicious lunch provided too

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Leonie 13/06/2022

Fermentation/microbiome Workshop

Wonderful and very inspiring day at Korukai.... So much to learn and explore... Looking forward to making more ferments and experimenting with yoghurt making....Very cool and much appreciation to Cornelia and Kai for sharing their passions and knowledge with us all. Very cool!

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Sue Ritchie 12/06/2021

Fabulous Fermentation

I loved learning about how to look after my gut and others. Pounding the food was so primal and great. Looking forward to making some of my own coconut yoghurt ! Thanks Cornelia and Kai. Your story, passion, and home are an inspiration Well done

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Clare Rea 26/09/2020

Great

Thank you for such a fabulous informative day. I thoroughly enjoyed the day and will continue to ferment and make yoghurt/cheese etc. My next fermentation tomorrow will be lemons and make my first yoghurt. Thank you

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Tania T 06/07/2020

Great day out

Cornelia is very knowledgeable and I really enjoyed the workshop, it was very well run and Cornelia and her husband Kai are a great team. Thank you for sharing your home and your skills with us.

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Ann-Clare McGregor 06/07/2020

I love fermentation!

What a fantastic workshop! Cornelia is a great facilitator. With her warm nature and her wealth of knowledge about food I have come away so inspired to make changes to the way I eat. Highly recommend this workshop! Learnt so much, met lovely people and ate such fresh and delicious food ...Thank you Cornelia and whanau

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Marion P 06/07/2020

Excellent workshop

This workshop is a must do for anyone interested in nutrition and how fermented goods can improve your gut’s health. Cornelia will also explain why it is important to activate seeds & grains, and how to make simple and tasty recipes at home. Everything is well organised and I especially enjoyed the hands-on part, when we get to prepare our own sauerkraut. Not to mention the delightful lunch and afternoon tea with a great selection of homemade goods :)

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Tina Troup 06/07/2020

Fermentation workshop

The day was inspiring and a lot of fun, with many good things to learn about making healthy food - everything starting with creating good soil to ways to prepare living and nutritious fermented food! Really enjoyed meeting Cornelia and her family and the other workshop participants - what an interesting bunch of people! The lunch was truly wonderful too.

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