In April, we hosted a webinar with the female elder (nhandesys) of the Guarani e Kaiowaa indigenous community in Brazil to learn traditional chicha making. We were forever changed by this sharing of knowledge across different geographies, cultures, and languages. The most impactful part of the event was the deep interwoven ritual that is built into the chicha making and drinking, and the growing of the sacred corn that is used in the fermented drink. Our conversation with the nhandesy'\s confirmed our deep knowledge that fermentation is so much more than a process, or a recipe. Fermentation has been born from cosmologies and ways of living that are deeply tied to land and culture. To destroy land and to desecrate culture puts in danger ways of knowing that not only bring us fermentation, but also bring us sensibilities for living together on Earth in joy, in community, and in sustainability. (links to learn more available in free preview of this course)

Every $5 you donate to the community will enter your name into a drawing for two tickets to Ferment Oaxaca* in Oaxaca City Mexico Sept 26-29, 2024.

*prize includes two conference tickets only ($1,200 value). Winner will be responsible for travel fees and lodging.

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We call on our community, and the wider fermentation community to stay updated about the welfare of the Guarani e Kaiowaa. Donate as you can and gain access to the powerful chicha making webinar from April, and to get your ticket to the update event we are hosting in August 21, 2 pm ET/11 am. All funds will be directed to the Guarani e Kaiowaa community.

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Course curriculum

    1. Zoom link for Update event August 21

    2. Resources for learning more about the plight of the Guarani e Kaiowaa

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Message from Guarani e Kaiowaa Elders shared by Paula Neubauer

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. April Chicha Making Part 1

    5. April Chica Making Part 2

    6. April Chicha Making Part 3

    7. Event Recording: Update on the Guarani e Kaiowaa

About this course

  • $5.00
  • 7 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content
Paula Neubauer, founded Get Pickled Somerset, a food community that focuses on educating and enriching lives through a circular economy. Paula says: “We do this by teaching people how to produce delicious, sustainable food cheaply. “We began our life as a fermented food producer and we have gradually, and enthusiastically, been bringing fermentation skills to the UK – from many different culinary traditions. “We started out running stalls at markets in Somerset and creating pop-ups around southwest England, but now we run workshops and private tuition classes. So where did this obsession with all things fermented start? The Get Pickled business was born out of Paula’s passion for preserving food, the community and our planet – and a genuine desire to create more out of fresh ingredients. A move out of London, combined with UK lockdown 1.0, provided the catalysts for turning a cloudy, life-long dream into a clear reality. Paula, the UK-imported, Brazilian super-cook and globetrotting uber-feeder, finally had the time and space to cook up an enterprise that advocated and embodied her passions. Inspired by her two beloved grannies, one from the Amazon and the other from Italy, Paula uses her wild imagination to transform humdrum, surplus food into flavorsome, invigorating, vegan-friendly fermented foods, condiments, and pickles. https://getpickledsomerset.com/

Paula Neubauer

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