As a competent contact for food processing, the nutrition center was able to support Foodsaver with knowledge and practical implementation in stockpiling. Foodsavers are volunteers in the foodsharing association foodsharing Ludwigsburg e.V. They collect food that is disposed of in supermarkets, restaurants and bakeries, for example, and distribute it to public collection points and private individuals. As food rescuers, they brought "rescued" fruit and vegetables to the food storage workshop, which were professionally processed together with Bärbel Nisi from the nutrition center. Because food is too good for the garbage can.
Various methods of preserving food were presented, followed by practical cooking, fermenting, freezing and pickling. Saved beet, carrots, zucchinis, bananas, cauliflower and much more were used to create a banana and pear fruit spread, pickled zucchinis, sour beet and an apple chutney. The workshop leader and enthusiastic stockpiler, Bärbel Nisi from the nutrition center, gave lots of useful tips from her own experience. For example, she showed how to recognize the start of a fermentation process, how to avoid the destruction of cell structures during deep freezing and how to prepare simple and delicious meals from fermented products. Finally, there was a tasting of the home-made storage treasures and the vegetables fermented in advance by Bärbel Nisi. Everyone was able to find their favorite among the various preservation methods and enjoy what they had prepared.
The successful collaboration on food rescue between Foodsharing e.V. and the Nutrition Center will be continued with further workshops.
