Vegetable Fermentation Workshop

🥕 🥬 🧄 Vegetable Fermentation Workshop 🧄 🥬 🥕

From Slaw to Sauerkraut: A Hands-On Fermentation Workshop

If you can make slaw, you can make sauerkraut! Join fermentation enthusiast Molly Sharp for a lively, hands-on workshop that will introduce you to the healthy and delicious world of fermented foods.

We’ll begin with a tasting of several different ferments so you can explore the surprising variety of flavors and possibilities beyond classic sauerkraut. Molly will share an overview of fermentation methods, tips for getting started at home, and her favorite trusted resources for learning more.

Then it’s time to get fermenting! Together we’ll prepare a traditional sauerkraut with cabbage, carrots, and garlic. All equipment will be provided, including examples of the lids, weights, and tools that Molly recommends after years of experimenting with different setups.

Participants will leave with a quart of prepared vegetables ready to ferment at home, along with the equipment needed to continue making future batches.

🕒 Schedule:

• 12:00-12:30 PM - Arrival and Check In, Mingle, Introduction to Event

• 12:30-1:30 PM - Kraut & Fermented Vegetable Tasting with Science & Safety Talk

• 1:30-3:00 PM - Hands-on Kraut Creation

• 3:00-3:30PM - ONSC Store Open for Shopping, Mingling, Wrap Up, and Departure

  
  

🎟️ Ticket Information

• Adult tickets (18 & up) = $40 (includes veggie supplies + 1 fermenting kit for each adult)

• Teen tickets (12-17) = $30 (includes veggie supplies + 1 fermenting kit for each teen)

• Children 12 and under = Free

  • All participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

• Extra fermenting kit = $20 each

🥕 Fermenting Kit (included with each adult and teen ticket)

• Veggie supplies

• 1 Stainless Steel Lid with waterless silicone airlocks

• 1 wide mouth mason jar, 32 ounces

• 1 Pickle Helix (spring for keeping veggies submerged)

  
  

  

  
  
  
  

  All proceeds go to support research, community science, and education at Ozark Natural Science Center.

Directions and Parking Information

🚙 Kessler Mountain Campus: The Kessler Mountain Nature Center and Outdoor Classroom is located in the former Ozark Mountain Smokehouse building at 1725 Smoke House Trail, Fayetteville, AR.  The entrance to the parking lot is at the intersection of Hwy 62/MLK Jr. Blvd. and S. Rupple Rd/Smoke House Trail. There is a stoplight at the intersection.

About Ozark Natural Science Center 

ONSC offers a unique, immersion-based approach to learning about nature and the natural sciences. Students visit us for authentic science learning experiences that are correlated with national and state science learning standards and provide in-depth education in biology, ecology, geology, social studies, and nature art – all while students have fun hiking and experiencing nature. Camp activities include  hikes, team-building, games, art, and small-group activities.

About Molly Sharp

Molly Sharp became interested in fermentation while studying Sustainable Agriculture in Richmond, VA, where she made her career as a professional violist with the Richmond Symphony. Molly recently moved back to her hometown of Fayetteville, AR, and has continued to pursue and share her interest in fermenting veggies, probiotic drinks, and cooking with fire. You can follow her food experiences and experiments on Instagram @con_fuoco_feasts

Ticket Refund Policy

• Refunds up to 1 week before the event: Tickets are refundable minus any applicable fees (processing, administrative, etc.) until 7 days before the event.

• Refunds within 1 week of the event: For refund requests made less than 7 days prior to the event, a 50% refund will be given.

• No refunds within 24 hours of the event: Refund requests made within 24 hours of the event are not permitted, except in exceptional circumstances and only with approval from ONSC administration.

*Please note that all refund requests must be submitted in writing to info@onsc.us. Refunds will be processed within 7-10 business days.

Questions? Please email Programs and Communications Manager, Jill Bowman at jill.bowman@onsc.us.