Registration: No registration required. All workshops are FREE.
Location: Workshops are outdoors in a grass field under a nice shady canopy. There will be folding chairs and straw bales for seating, but please feel welcome to bring blankets for sitting on or any of your own accomidations that will make you comfortable. Caution: The footing (and seating) is uneven. The workshops will be ampified and in a relaxed environment.
10:30am- 11:30 The Health Benefits of Fermented Foods with Meryem Mammedova, Prescription Foods
Meryem Mammedova is an owner of Prescription Foods, LLC., a Pittsburgh-based, social-purpose fermented foods company and a creator of gut health coaching programs. She hails from Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan where natural foods, herbal remedies and fermentation are simply a part of everyday life, not a counter-cultural food movement. Meryem’s passion for health and nutrition topics are only eclipsed by her desire to educate others on these topics.
With over 10 years of experience studying, creating and experimenting with healing foods, her knowledge base is broad, however she specializes in examining gut health and helping women with gut imbalance.
Meryem lives on Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill with her husband, son and daughter – 3 very patient guinea
pigs for her culinary experiments.
12:30pm- 1:30 Basics to Mushroom Cultivation at Home: 101 with Elaina Brown of Steel City Spore
We’re a woman-owned urban mushroom farm in the east end, devoted to sustainability, education, and community engagement. Our mission is to offer Pittsburgh a sustainable mushroom source, while promoting the health and environmental advantages of fungi. Through diverse mushroom sales and educational events, we’re committed to building a healthier, greener food system and invite you to join us in this endeavor.
2:30pm- 3:30 Seed-saving 101 with Amirah Mitchell of Sistah Seeds
Meryem Mammedova hails from Krasnovodsk, Turkmenistan where natural foods, herbal remedies and fermentation are simply a part of everyday life, not a counter-cultural food movement. Meryem’s passion for health and nutrition topics are only eclipsed by her desire to educate others on these topics.
With years of experience studying, creating and experimenting with healing foods, her knowledge base is broad, however she specializes in examining gut health and children’s diet.
Meryem lives on Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill with her son and daughter – 2 very patient guinea pigs for her culinary experiments.
Pittsburgh County Fair 