by Darren | Sep 18, 2016 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Fermentation, Food activism, Food politics, Health politics, Nutrition
18 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Earlier this summer, Octopus Alchemy was asked to participate in a program of talks and seminars, held for the community by the Brighton Natural Health Centre (BNHC). The centre kindly recorded the presentation to make it accessible to the wider...
by Darren | Dec 19, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Diet, Food, Food activism, Food politics, Healing, Health
19 DECEMBER, 2015 Trailing through the reams of research and stuffy articles on digestive health and autoimmune conditions, the human story can sometimes get a bit lost. For instance, there’s a great deal of focus on symptom complaints and potential remedies but...
by Darren | Dec 4, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Brighton Food, Crowdfunding, Diet, Fermentation, Food, Food activism, Food politics, Food review, Food Waste, Fundraising, Healing, Health, Medicine, Nutrition
4 DECEMBER, 2015 Since November 15th, Octopus Alchemy has been crowdfunding. To date, we’ve raised a staggering 55% of our overall target (about £2100) and the donations keep coming thick and fast. I’m completely overwhelmed by the generosity and interest in the...
by Darren | Nov 21, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Brighton Food, Crowdfunding, Diet, Fermentation, Food activism, Food politics, Food review, Food Waste, Fundraising, Health, Health politics, Medicine, Mental health, Nutrition, Update, Waste
Over the next month of our crowdfunding, we’ll be checking in with people who have been to one of our workshops and drawing on some of their experiences to help illustrate the benefits of supporting our work. Below we speak to Aidan who came to one of our...
by Darren | Jul 9, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Diet, Fermentation, Food activism, Food politics, Food review, Health, Medicine, Nutrition
It’s easy to misinterpret fermentation as some unremarkable practice, carried out by fuzzy old ladies in farmhouse kitchens in the back of beyond – and of course it is, but that’s not all of it. In fact, the potency of those few fizzing mason jars...
by Darren | Apr 22, 2015 | AlchemyFlow, Alternative Health, Brighton Food, Diet, Fermentation, Food politics, Health, Medicine, Waste
On Monday, May 25th @ 6.30pm, Silo and Octopus Alchemy are teaming up to deliver a food-fermentation workshop. Come along and seize your chance to gain loads of great practical knowledge on fermentation and the incredible healing properties of live food, and also...
