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Kool Kabbage

Cabbage Stacking Party

16 Dec 2017

It turned out to be a good cabbage-year. In fact, this year’s cabbage harvest turned out so well, there is more cabbage than farmer Krispijn can process for a fair price. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilo of cabbages? Mediamatic receives them to survive the winter on cabbage and avoid food waste. This Saturday we kick off our cabbage winter programme with a cabbage stacking party. Join us and help change food surplus into an edible cabbage installation while dancing to festive cabbage tunes. Free cabbage soup all day for all the cabbage-stackers!

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Cleaning the dirty Cabbages - Anisa Xhomaqi

Value and Waste

One harvest turns out better than the other. Even so, if nature delivers more than man calculated, the food market is not evenly flexible, and value doesn't adhere to nature's laws. What is the value of our food, and where does the value go? This Saturday, the cabbage is stored in Mediamatic's barn as an edible installation waiting for hungry people. 

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Making sauerkraut - Our very own Aquaponics intern Emma is doing some serious cabbage stomping to make sauerkraut. Rosalie Bak

With: Emma Aussems

Cabbage Storytelling

What is your favourite cabbage recipe? Why do Americans call coleslaw coleslaw? Why do babies come from cabbage patches? Did you know that cabbage is often used as a stomach stretcher and for the fat melting cabbage-only diet? Across the globe, people have survived on cabbage in many different ways. Keep up with our growing Cabbage Blogs to learn about the first female-made film, cabbage rolls, cabbage steak, primordial sauerkraut and many more! 

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A vegan dish of Alexander Gershberg - Cabbage leaves filled with rice and pine nuts. topped with edible roses.

Winter Programme

Come along and share the true price of cabbage. The whole winter, Mediamatic offers cabbage soup at cost price. Next to this ongoing batch of cabbage soup, several cross-cultural chefs share their favourite cabbage recipes at Mediamatic ETEN. Join us for advanced cabbage stacking, primordial sauerkraut making and kimchi workshops for beginners. Have a cabbage recipe to share? Contribute to our growing database of simple to high-end cabbage recipes. 

Information

Cabbage stacking party
16 December | 14:00 - 19:00 
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

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Meet the Cabbage Team - From left to right: Willem Velthoven and Jans Possel (Mediamatic), Farmer from BioRomero, Arne Hendriks and farmer Krispijn van den Dries. Anisa Xhomaqi

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Kool Kabbage - Mediamatic Foundation

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Nineteen crates of cabbage straight off the land - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Cleaning and stacking cabbages - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Kick off Kool Kabbage - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Talking about cabbage project - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Stacking cabbages while enjoying cabbage soup - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Arne Hendriks dives right into the cabbage - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Stacking some cabbages - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Cabbage stacking party -

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Homemade cabbage cake - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Our chef is making a huge amount of cabbage soup - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Inside the big Crates with Cabbage - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Cabbage Boxes waiting to be cleaned and stacked - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Mattia with Cabbage - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Cabbage Stacks - Anisa Xhomaqi

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Cabbage stacks in the Sluisdeurenloods - Deze winter biedt Mediamatic onderdak aan 10.000 kilo verlaten kool. Temidden van de kolenbergen zoeken we naar waarde temidden van overvloed. Wat doe je als je ergens teveel van hebt, en hoe breng je waarde terug in iets waarvan er zoveel aanwezig is? Mies Raadgever

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Participants kissing between Cabbages - Gwen van der Zwan