Evita Shen is a passionate permie who is enthusiastic about healthy good food. She's been on a Permaculture journey with her husband for the last 15 years in Australia and in Tuatapere since 2023.

Over time, she's been mastering the art of sourdough bread, fermenting everything she grows for kimchi, sauerkraut, or lacto-veggies, she makes yogurt, cheese and tofu, brews kombucha and more. She loves growing nutrient dense foods and then turning them into delicious, gut-friendly delicacies, as well as promoting the benefits of fermented foods on gut health and overall wellbeing.

Grow Wānaka is thrilled to host Evita again this year for a series of workshops beginning with Kombucha, where she'll walk us through the ingredients, how to make our own homebrew, how to look after your scoby, the in's and out's of the second brew to add flavours, and trouble shooting along the way plus tasting! Bring a sterilised 350ml jar to take home a bit of scoby.

We'll be running a Lacto-Fermented Vegetables Workshop ahead of this one if you'd like to participate in both.

The Workshop will run from 5pm to 6pm on Friday Sept 25th at Grow Wānaka Community Garden.

To value Evita's time, travel, preparation and ingredients the workshop is $15.00.