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Second course of Evergreen dinner, Roasted…

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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

7 kilos of Happiness

The ins and outs of weighing our fish

Every 6 months, we weigh our 128 African catfish. This is done to get a snapshot into the growth rate of the catfish and check on their general wellbeing. The Aquaponics Greenhouse currently has five...
workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

City Foraging for Mental Health

20
Jul 2025
- with Lynn Shore

Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Elderflower Champagne 2.0

Popping champagne straight from the garden!

The first fermentation step for making Elderflower champagne started last week with a trial test of 20L! Here you can find the process, recipe, and some great action shots of the flowery business!
Private workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Foraging for Mental Health

with Lynn Shore

Are you looking to boost your mood by connecting with your environment? Lynn Shore will take you on a mindful guided session to explore ways to engage with everyday nature in order to support your...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Duckweed taste testing 2.0

Using duckweed as an alternative food source to feed our fish

Let me tell you about an aquatic plant I have come to love... Duckweed is a floating aquatic plant commonly found in ponds, lakes, and other still-moving bodies of water. Duckweed is commonly seen as...
festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Japanese Knotweed Festival

Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.
Bokashiponics

Bokashi: a nutritious wondertea or an overhyped fairytale?

We are investigating what it would take to turn our aquaponics system into a hydroponics system. The main question is where we will source our nutrients. We want our fertilizer to be as organic and...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Elise Chalcraft

Tasting before wasting

Optimizing our African Catfish feed

My project for the past 8 weeks has been to look at how we could use waste streams from both the aquaponics greenhouse and the kitchen to feed our catfish to make the system as circular as possible.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Kamilè Vaitkuté, Jiwei Zhou

It smells like fresh bread!

As the taste of lupin tempeh was only pleasant to Willem, we all together decided to test the mycelium growth on different materials. We collected different grains (the ones that we have a personal...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Pickles: Co-design with Microbes

with Saskia Frederiks

Pickling vegetables is one of the oldest fermentation practices around. It is a rich source of antioxidants and is known for its sour and salty taste. During this workshop, you will learn to apply...
Proposal by: Guy Vincent

Nothing Wasted

Project Proposal: Organic waste fermentation art experiment

Nothing Wasted is a compost installation that receives organic waste from the Mediamatic restaurant, as well as from the public passing by. It is treated using the bokashi method, which ferments...
Tempeh Tasting Adventures

Exciting our taste buds with a sustainable source of protein

Clean Lab Interns Elnaz and Magdalena delved into another series of testing and tasting Tempeh preparations.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Kool Kabbage

2018 - 2019

2018 turned out to be a good cabbage-year. What to do with a food-surplus of 60.000 kilos of cabbages? Mediamatic took them on to survive the winter on cabbage and to question the value of our food.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Abhay Villa 28 Jun 2021

Shitty Water + Wasabi - Snails = Money

At the Mediamatic Greenhouse, we try to maximise the productivity of the little space we have by growing rare, collectable and valuable crops. All whilst strongly advocating for the advantages of...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Thibaut Counot

A year later: What our wasabi flowers are…

As the Wasabi growing in our aquaponics greenhouse starts to flower, we revisit last year’s tests and learn how to care and nurture this famously fussy crop.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Clara Casal, Nadja Nolte

Okara Tempeh Recipe

Reusing okara as a substrate for biofermentation : A plant-based protein source

Most people know tempeh solely as the Indonesian dish consisting of fermented soybeans. However, many other alternatives can be used to grow tempeh. The Clean Lab team has discovered that the by
exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

The Six-Winged Chicken and other mythical…

1
Sep 2020
- by Anne Kamps

Where does the meat we eat actually come from? On what scale is it produced? And, what is real news and what is fake news? A few years ago, the phenomenon of the six-winged chicken was written about...
mediamatic office Paul Cohen-Tannugi, Elise de Jong

Intro to Compost

How to compost at Mediamatic

Instructions for composting in the kitchen and bar: Cut larger food scraps into small pieces (~5cm length) Collect scraps in the white buckets Empty bucket in the green containers Press down with...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark, Mediamatic Eten Magdalena Thur, Nadja Nolte, Clara Casal, Elnaz Assar

Acorn Bitterballen Recipe

Exploring the culinary potential of wild plants surrounding Mediamatic

Inspired by the variety of wild weeds surrounding Mediamatic, the Clean Lab Team set out to investigate the culinary potential of the resources which are locally and seasonally available.
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Bokashi Containers

Composting with microorganisms

The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container. This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
Ecologie is ingewikkeld en daarmee uit? Blogserie…

Thuisopdracht #3.2: Rare dingen koken (en opeten)

Mediamatic mist alle enthousiaste, nieuwsgierige en leergierige bezoekers ontzettend! Ook kunnen we ons goed voorstellen dat het thuis doorleren en samenwerken best uitdagend kan zijn... De...
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Fermentation

with Saskia Frederiks

The world of fermentation is endless. You can play with structures, flavours and smells. Learn all about fermenting in our upcoming workshops.
2020 Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

Kimchi: Co-design with Microbes

with Saskia Frederiks

Have you been dreaming of being able to make your own kimchi? It is a delicious condiment, which brings fermented flavor of umami and tanginess, as well as beneficial microbes into your cooking .

created Alice Gimpel modified Anne Lakeman

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