Find out more about Romanian bors!
When you say Romanian soup, you automatically think of bors, the sour and aromatic liquid obtained by fermenting wheat or rye bran, which gives flavor to the food. The name bors comes from the Sla...
Read moreGalaxy of sourdoughs: exploration of twinkling microbial constellations
Dear Sourdough Enthusiasts,
As the year winds down and the days grow shorter here in Zurich, the city comes alive with sparkling Christmas lights, casting a warm glow over the streets. But this year...
Read moreCitizen Science Research phase 1 - Wrap-up
Chers passionnés de HealthFerm,
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que la phase de collecte de vos échantillons de levain est officiellement terminée ! Grâce à votre participation enthousiaste, nous...
Read moreNous avons fini de récolter vos levains : voici quelques informations pour vous !
Après le lancement du projet de science citoyenne « HealthFerm » en septembre 2023, nous avons reçu un nombre phénoménal de réponses. Au cours des mois suivants, nous avons commencé à vous contacter p...
Read moreAn update from the Nordics
We've successfully wrapped up our sourdough collection campaign in Northern Europe with outstanding results! We received 189 responses in total: 142 from Finland, 25 from Sweden, 17 from Denmark, 4 fr...
Read more“Change must be enjoyable and a positive experience overall” Interview with Prof. Armando Perez-Cueto, PhD, from the HealthFerm project
HealthFerm is organized into different work packages. Yours is the one about consumer acceptance. Can you tell me something about your work and what your specific role within the whole project is?
A...
Read moreHow do we get the microorganisms from your sourdough samples?
There are a lot of microscopically small organisms in sourdough. Knowing which ones tells us a lot about the characteristics of the sourdough, as each microbial species exhibits a particular, characte...
Read moreSay hello to this month’s workhorse at ETH: the KingFisher
Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists, hello world!
Let me introduce you to one of my favorite collegues in the wetlab: the KingFisher. It’s not a bird and doesn’t even have hands. It’s a robot! The Ki...
Read moreThe HealthFerm sourdough community is growing!
Over the past weeks, we have been receiving many new registrations from sourdough enthusiasts from all over Europe, motivated to become part of our HealthFerm project. The HealthFerm Citizen Science c...
Read moreIs sourdough bread always healthier than yeast bread? As a home baker, you can give science a hand to find an answer to this question!
Many people are convinced that sourdough bread is healthier than yeast bread, but in Belgium there is no legislation about when you can call a bread a sourdough bread. There are countless recipes for ...
Read moreHealthFerm Citizen Science - update and delicious recipe!
Dear HealthFerm Citizen Scientists,
thank you very much for your active participation in the HealthFerm citizen sourdough project! Since the project collection launch in September, our sourdough comm...