EVERYONE should learn to ferment foods.
"Why on earth", you ask?
First, the health benefits are wonderful. Lacto fermented foods increase the beneficial organisms in your body while feeding you at the same time!
"Traditionally fermented foods contain vitamins, enzymes, and active cultures —
conveying benefits to your gut, your immune system, and your digestion."
~ Wardeh Harmon, GNOWFGLINS™
Purchasing fermented foods at the grocery store isn't always a good choice because often they contain nitrates or they've been cooked until they're no longer a living food. And if you try to acquire the same benefits of fermented foods from supplements, it will cost you a lot more money and you have to trust that the manufacturer is being honest and using quality ingredients. Besides, I have my doubts that anything in a pill can deliver the same benefits as a living food God designed for you to consume.
Second, fermentation is a wonderful way to preserve foods. Years ago, people fermented foods and kept them in root cellars or caves in order to keep the food fresh for long periods of time. If you've ever thought about going off-grid (or "off off-grid") or perhaps you intend to build a root cellar (maybe you already are blessed with one!), then learning to ferment takes you one step closer to becoming independent from commercial producers and grocers. And that's a good thing!
Fermentation is a natural process that everyone can do. We just have to learn what we've lost and recover those skills. And I can't think of an easier way than with a video eCourse. I can testify from personal experience, Wardeh's classes are the best. Even better than in person because you can replay the video over and over until you "get it", ask questions in the forum, and refer to your notes again and again, all while you're walking through the steps in your own kitchen. And the basic course is only $8/mo! Where are you going to find a deal like that? (Typically one lesson is released each week).
I'm signed up. Who's going to join me?
Enter To Win!
Wardeh is offering one Homestead Revival™ reader a free 6 month Basic Subscription to her GNOWFGLINS™ eCourse!! Friends, this is a wonderful opportunity allowing you to complete the entire Lacto Fermentation eCourse during that time period. All you must do is purchase your supplies and ingredients.
1. Click HERE and find out more information about the eCourse. There's even a short video clip to give you an idea of what a class is like. Come back here and tell me why you think it would be important to learn to ferment foods OR what you hope to learn in the eCourse. (Please be sure to leave your email address if you do not have a blog so that I can contact you should you be our winner!)
2. To enter a second time, blog, FB, or Tweet about this give-away and include a link back to this page. Be sure to leave a second comment telling me you've done so.
This Give Away ends Saturday at 5:00 p.m. PST.
I am new to this idea of fermenting food. I would like to try it but do not know where to start. I believe this course would be good for me.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you could ferment so amny things! I would love to learn more.
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sbg061@yahoo.com
I would absolutely love to learn about lacto-fermentation and how to preserve foods by this process. I already can and dehydrate fruits and vegetables, and have made sourdough bread, but haven’t gone beyond that and am intrigued after viewing Gnowflins web site. I am also interested in the benefits for your gut and immune system. Please enter me in your contest, it looks like a lot of fun ~ thanks
ReplyDeleteAll I really know how to make is saurkraut and even then sometimes I wonder if I *really* have done it correctly.....
ReplyDeleteI am just starting the GAPS diet and would love to learn to PROPERLY ferment MANY foods.
I did "SHARE" this on FB-- I"m not sure how to link back though!?
ReplyDeleteI was really impressed with the demo video. We put out a garden every year and I would like to start learning some more traditional ways to put up my harvest in addition to canning. This year we added hericots verts, which are supposed to be prolific producers, but evidently don't can well. I would like to try pickling the extra that we don't eat fresh. This looks like a course that would be really helpful.
ReplyDeleteHave have REALLY been wanted to ferment! for all the nutritional benefits and the financial benefit on my wallet! I really want to learn to make yogurt, Kefir, and sourdough especially! THANKS FOR THIS GIVEAWAY!!! (mybabybird at gmail .com)
ReplyDeleteshared it on Facebook! (mybabybird at gmail .com)
ReplyDeleteI just blogged about it. :0)
ReplyDeleteOh Come on. No one wins with the number 1 slot! LOL.
ReplyDeleteWhat I hope to learn is not only recipes that I can ferment that my not so fermenty loving family will eat and enjoy but just to have a good working knowledge of how to put up food other than canning, freezing, etc. There are endless health benefits to lacto fermentation and I am VERY into introducing thoes good beaties into my family. But I'm just as excited to learn a whole new SKILL in the world of putting up/preserving food.
This is the BEST give away ever!!! I would love to be the lucky winner! I love growing food and putting it up for our family and to learn to do it in a healthier way would be wonderful. I'm sharing this on my facebook page.
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Wow! What a wealth of information those courses will be! I'm thinking about what she said about the whey needing to be from raw cheese in particular... just when I get something down pat, I learn that I have to re-learn it all again!! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting the giveaway!
Posted on FB :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn to ferment my own dairy products, as well as learn about sourdough bread....my favorite!
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I'd love to win this..enjoyed the webinar last week as an intro. Thanks to for your blog, part of my daily reads. Sharon - puckettsnest@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletethank you so much for this giveaway! i am very interested in learning how to ferment and would hope to get a good foundation from this course - especially how to use fermented foods in my weekly menu plan. i have been very much wanting to join GNOWFGLINS but it has not been a possibility as of yet. This would mean the world to my family! :) captured by christ at hotmail dot com
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I'm pretty interested in the fermented meats section, as i know next to nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteWe have just moved onto our homestead this year and we're looking for every way we can be self-sufficient. We've made a lot of sacrifices to be here and now need to make the most of what we've got!
ReplyDeleteI think it all sounds wonderful! I've made pickles and sauerkraut and yogurt, but that's all. One of my goals for this year is to make and use real sourdough. I would love to win this!
I was given kefir grains a few years ago and our family has learned to love fresh goat milk fekir for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI have used kefir grains as the fermenting agent for saurkraut (actually kefir-kraut) and for fermenting red peppers (relish), but have not done it often. I would love to learn more about the process of fermenting veggies as an off-grid way to preserve food, as well as for the tremendous health benefits!
Thanks for this opportunity!
I posted this on FB
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I tweeted it @fransenem
ReplyDeleteI would really like to learn how preserve fruits without pressure canning. The variety of options with fermenting is very intriguing! Thanks for hosting this give-away! Please enter my name!
ReplyDeleteJust linked this page up to FB! Enter my name again please!
ReplyDeleteOh my....I really, really want to win this!! :) I am reading The Kind Diet...and she talks about fermented foods...slowly but surely making more small changes.
ReplyDeleteAmy, what a hoot. Yesterday I ordered the book Wild Fermentation so I can learn more about putting up all the produce I'm growing in my community garden. This website looks interesting, and the videos are a great teaching tool. I'm especially eager to make kimchi. Best wishes, and thanks for giving us all a loving "nudge" in this direction!
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The 15 freshly harvested cabbages in my fridge say I need to learn to ferment! I need this course!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see that she is covering fruit. I would love to explore beyond the little bit of LF veggies that I currently do.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to make lacto-fermented condiments! I already make kraut and beet kvass but my condiment making has been nil.
ReplyDeleteBarefootmystic at gmail dot com
Wow, it looks like she will be covering everything you can think of...produce to dairy to meats and bread. I would love to learn these methods for the health benefits as well as a way to preserve food.
ReplyDeleteI think Wardeh's books are the best! I loved Sourdough A-Z so I am 100% sure this course would be just as good if not better.
ReplyDeleteI would love to take this class, so that I can expand my repertoire and learn to do more with lactofermented foods.
ReplyDeleteI've read alot about fermenting foods but have yet to try doing much. A course like this would be a good kick start. :)
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Cindy
rckurschner@gmail.com
I'd like to improve my immune system as I occasionally have a slightly high white blood cell count. By eating more fermented foods I hope to fix that. Fermenting does make me a little nervous though so learning from Wardeh would be a great help.
ReplyDeletetightwaderin (at) cox (dot) net
Well, I made a very short post linking to your site and saying how great lactofermented food is. When I get home tonight, I plan to update that with a discussion of containers for lactofermentation (with photoes of some I've tried).
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this and try doing this myself. I recently had a discussion with my midwife who told me that she has a few mamas who have a history of being Strep B positive and have gotten themselves negative with fermented foods. So as a total newbie I'd be excited to learn it all! I've only made sauerkraut with boiling water, not fermentation and I have made yogurt, but none of the things I'd be learning in the course. I've heard great things on many blog and would love to give it a shot especially before this baby comes!
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Heather
I would love to learn to ferment so I could reverse my cirrhosis and colitis! All things are possible =)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter and I have learned SO much from Wardeh through her courses. We are signed up for this already ourselves and would love to bless one of our friends with this giveaway if we should win. I'm looking forward to making more than sauerkraut, pickles, and gingered carrots. Thank you, what a wonderful giveaway!
ReplyDeleteDonna K. donna(at)practicalsimplicity(dot)com
Oh my goodness! I would love to win this. I've been thinking about doing this for some time. I love to preserve our own food and this is just another step in learning how. Kalady02 at hotmail dot com
ReplyDeleteI need this course because I have been unsuccessful to date with any fermenting I have tried!
ReplyDeletejarvisdee7@gmail.com
I would love to learn to lacto-ferment because of the nutrition value of the foods. I've been canning and freezing things for years, but I know SO much is lost in the process. I heard Wardeh's webinar about it, and I'm definitely interested!
ReplyDeleteJenni
sjedrom@bellsouth.net
I tweeted and Fb shared. :)
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Sjedrom@bellsouth.net
This year we found out the kids and I are gluten intolerant. I've had to relearn how to cook, literally, and would love to learn about lacto-fermentation. I think it would help our bodies heal from the damage the gluten has done. BUT, I'm not sure where to start. I have done yogurt but would love to learn how to do a gluten free sour dough. We really miss breads and I'm struggling with lunch ideas that don't use bread. :0)
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I would love to take this class - I've just started learning about fermenting/soaking/raw milk, etc - learning through the summer in hopes of some healing for my gut! Thanks for offering this!
ReplyDeleteLearning how to ferment foods would be very beneficial in regard to taking care of our family.
ReplyDelete- Megan
megan (at) p7sales (dot) com
I would like to learn to ferment . My 6dd was diagnosed with cancer last month, and I am trying to learn more about healthy eating. We do eat healthier than most (no processed foods, everything made from scratch, lots of veggies, etc), but I'm trying to take it to the next level. Fermenting would be a great step.
ReplyDeleteOh wow - thank you for hosting this fantastic giveaway - I've experimented with sauerkraut, and have had some success with sourdough, but I'd love to get some basic guidelines so I can run with what we have. Just moved to a house with homesteading potential and very excited to learn all I can! nthaywood@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteWe have so much asthma and food allergies in our family that I am hoping by changing our diet we will find some relief from these lifelong conditions. Thanks for sharing this opportunity!
ReplyDeleteLacto-fermentation is on my list of "real food to try this Summer." I did Wardeh's free webinar about the course and am super excited about it :).
ReplyDeleteI have heard about this ecourse before and wanted to try it! I am always looking for more ways to make things healthier for my family.
ReplyDeleteSo far, we do dairy and water kefir at home. I also culture our buttermilk. I would love to do veggies and fruit!
ReplyDeleteI posted a link to my blog!
ReplyDeleteI've always heard that fermented foods do great things for the immune system...I want to learn more about fermentation so that I can build up my mom's immunity as she undergoes cancer treatment.
ReplyDeleteI've been able to enjoy a couple of Wardeh's videos. They are some of the best homemaking videos available. Short, sweet, to the point and well explained. I've been looking into fermenting foods more and more and I believe it's time for us to start! What a great asset to have these videos to guide this new adventure. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteThis is so odd how all of this keeps coming up in my life. I recently read nouroushing traditions and fermented foods is on the top of the list as beneficial for your health. I am following so much of what I read in that book, and now here in my email box "fermented foods" is the talk today...........God presents himself to you in so many ways, God is so good. He is telling me to get my health in check, I am listening Lord, I am listening.
ReplyDeleteI am most interested in the dairy section. I was given kefir grains years ago, but was too scared to try it. How I wish I could get my hands on free kefir grains now!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love this!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like every day I read about this course. Right now, I make kefir at home. But I know there is so much more I can do. Being a visual learner, the videos from this course would give me confidence to do more.!
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea you could ferment so many foods! Sourdough is the norm in our house, but it looks like there is a whole new world out there in fermentation. Count me in!
ReplyDeleteI would love this because I tried to make saurkraut and it didn't turn out )-:
ReplyDeleteI have been looking at nourishing traditions and fermenting/soaking is something I've been wanting to try. This would be the perfect "kick in the.....PANTS" to get me started. So excited to learn new things!
ReplyDeletegardnergirl58@gmail.com
After receiving Nourishing Traditions for my birthday this year I can't wait to learn more about fermentation.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this giveaway!
I would love to win this give away. I totally see the value of fermented foods but have been really hesitant to get started.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn more about lacto fermentation, especially sourdough breadmaking.
ReplyDeleteCindy
tcvp @ bmts . com
Oh I've been wanting to take her classes, but just haven't had the extra money. This new one sounds so interesting too, I haven't looked into lacto fermentation to much, but I think it would be nice to know how to do it since it's so healthy for you. Besides, I'm always on the lookout for a new way to keep foods longer, besides canning and freezing. :)
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of ladies in our household who would love to take this course and learn another way of preserving and preparing foods that are more healthy. This goes hand in hand with learning how to grow our own food and become more self sufficient.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to take these courses, especially as we're getting close to harvest time. I tried to make sauerkraut last year and failed miserably. A dozen head of cabbage...wasted. I was so bummed out!
ReplyDeleteI've also been told that fermented pickles are THE best and that's one of many things I'd like to try my hand at. The only thing I've fermented so far (and successfully) is ACV. I'd really get a lot of use out of these courses if I won! :D
What is there that I wouldn't want to learn? It all sounds so good. :) I'd love to futhure my knowledge about lacto-fermenting.
ReplyDeleteI would love to learn how to ferment food. My grandmother and mom just made pickles.
ReplyDeleteI think the fermenting of fruit looks the most interesting, and would also like to look into preserving fish this way. I've done some very basic fermentations and have loved everything I've tried so far, but I need to take it past sour pickles and sauerkraut. This would be awesome!
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