Encore: Fermenting Trash in the Kitchen: Using a Bokashi Composter

Today, we're bringing you an episode of the podcast that originally went out in 2022. It's about fermenting, but fermenting with a twist – fermenting your kitchen waste to make microbe-rich compost that, as we know from personal experience, will transform the plants you grow. This fermentation process, called bokashi, can be done in the house, it has no smell and neither does it attract flies. You'll get both compost and compost tea to use inside and outside the home. In this episode, we'll detail how bokashi works, talk about the bacterial inoculant that is used to ferment the food waste so efficiently, and then we will actually interview the US and Canada supplier that makes the two-bucket system that we both use. In the US & Canada, check out the bokashi system here and use code AKP for 10% off. In the UK, Wiggly Wigglers have a 10% discount for our listeners. Click here and when you checkout the discount will be automatically applied. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * One Earth Health make the grass-fed organ supplements we use and trust. Get 15% off your first order here and 5% off all subsequent orders here . For US listeners, we recommend Grand Teton Ancient Grains. They sell regenerative, organic flours and berries that can satisfy all your baking needs. Stock up and get free shipping at AncientGrains.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign up to the pod's newsletter here. Get a free 30-page guide to Baking with Ancient Grains Read our Guide to Milling Your Own Flour Get all three of the podcast cookbooks Wear our beautiful, sustainable merchandise Alison's course, Rye Sourdough Bread: Mastering The Basics Alison's Sowans oat fermentation course Visit our (non-Amazon!) bookshop: US here and UK here . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Come join the podcast community! You can select from a variety of levels with benefits including monthly live calls, a private podcast feed stuffed with bonus content, and a Discord discussion group Find out more here! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you love the show, leave us a 5* reviews on Apple Podcasts: Open the Apple Podcast app and find Ancestral Kitchen Podcast in your library Scroll down to 'ratings and reviews', click on 'write a review', give us 5*s and then tell us why you love listening * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Do you have memories, documents, recipes or stories of those who cooked ancestrally? Visit our website here for how to share The podcast has a website here! Stay in touch with Alison via her newsletter at Ancestral Kitchen The podcast is on You Tube here The podcast is mixed and the music created by Alison's husband, Rob. Find him here: Robert Michael Kay

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Encore: Fermenting Trash in the Kitchen: Using a Bokashi Composter is an episode from Ancestral Kitchen by Alison Kay & Andrea Huehnerhoff.

This episode is 01:09:40 long.

This episode was published on Aug 4, 2025.

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