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8,00 €

Green Tomato Marmalade

6,00 €

Upcycled Spices

2,80 € – 3,50 €

Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce

7,90 €

Blueberry Compote

6,00 €

5,50 €

Cauliflower Leaf Kimchi

6,00 €

Apple Core Vinegar

5,00 €

Fermented Lemons

7,80 €

Vanilla Extract

13,50 €

Sambal Hot Sauce

7,90 €

5,90 €

Steamed Strawberries

11,50 €

Harissa Hot Sauce

7,90 €

Peaches in Syrup

5,50 €

Sweet & Sour Hot Sauce

7,90 €

Vegetable Bouillon – Tomato & Oregano

5,00 € – 7,20 €

Apple Pie Filling

11,20 €

6,00 €

Vegetable Bouillon – Classic

4,50 € – 7,00 €

Spicy Pepper Chutney

6,00 €

Pickled Cranberries

3,50 €

Bread & Butter Pickles

6,00 € – 10,80 €

6,80 € – 8,50 €

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Apr 6

When the sun and heat leaves us in late September, many Tomatoes struggle to finish ripening. Due to lack of demand of green tomatoes, they are subsequently doomed to be wasted ending their live cycles at the farms by, hopefully, becoming compost. However, one cannot deny how much energy and nutrition remains on this delicious green tomatoes, and that best would be for them to finish their purpose at our tables, so they can be enjoyed by our taste buds :)⁠
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Green Tomatoes - unripe red tomatoes - cannot be eaten directly. They need to be cooked, because they are hard and astringent as well as are particularly sour. This can explain its decline in popularity in our age of instant gratification, and hence the lack of demand to have them in Supermarket shelves. Green Tomatoes however, make an exquisite and outstanding marmalade!⁠
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Last year, just in this decay of season and after spending a beautiful day at @tinyfarmers with Jacob and Tobias, and together with @impacthubberlin and the @supercoopberlin team, we harvested many of these green tomatoes. These tomatoes were later transformed in community with amazing volunteers from Supercoop who came in and help.⁠
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The result is this delicious, tangy, marmalade. Ready to be eaten on your toast, to have and share with barbecue, and to spread over some cheese as well. Interested in trying it out? Check out our webshop to buy some or come by @markthalleneun every Saturday from 10-18 ! ⁠
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Photo Credits @ragnar_schmuck @carinadewhurst⁠
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Mar 29

When we get lemons from @gebana.official we go ahead and start fermenting them for our delicious fermented lemons. But at home, what can you do with a big box of lemons that is not only lemonade or fermenting them? Swipe to see our ideas and check out our recipes in more detail in our circular cooking page in our website!⁠⁠
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High quality seasonal shopping is made easy with @gebana.official who sends the fresh harvest directly from the farm to your doorstep! ⁠⁠
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#gebana #collaborate #rootsonamission #rootsradicalsberlin #bio #foodsaving #foodwaste #naturaldiversity #crookedveggies #veggielove #savingveggies #feldbotschaft #beautiful #veganinspiration #ethicalbrands #mindfulliving #localfarming #fairtrade #thinkglobal #lemons #candy #salad #foodstagram #foodies

Mar 27

Did you know that glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity? However, recycling glass has a high energy cost, whereas re-purposing glass at home is another way of using of a product or material for different function than it was originally produced for.⁠
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Last week we talked about Circularity and the 9 R's. Today we want to take about Repurposing, and show you different ways on how you can re-purpose your jars at home - because if you buy lots of our products you will end up with many of them ;)⁠
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You can always return the jars to us by bringing them to the Markthalle every Saturday (clean) and there is 20 cent off that you will get back on your next buy!!⁠
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Check out our web and online community for more ideas on repurposing, cooking circularly and reading our Blogging From the Roots! Link in Bio!⁠

Mar 24

BLOGGING [AT] THE ROOTS⁠⁠
Co-creating with Food Surpluses: Ecological care through food community engagement⁠⁠
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Last week for Rooted Lives #6 we invited Nadine Ungefucht (@ruthis_r ) from @foodincommunity . We talked about how to creatively manage food-surpluses with community engagement and ecological care.⁠⁠

The Food in Community team manages to bring closer and give visibility to all the communities involved in the project: farmers, volunteers, cookers and families (of different cultural background and shapes). By creating first this social bond, they can foster spaces of encounter with the natural process of the land, following the idea from farm to fork, and then fork to farm again.

Food is a social catalyst for ecological change and both Food in Community and Roots Radicals are thriving from this idea. We hope to soon be able to share more than an online tea time with this amazing project, and also open up co-learning spaces to keep innovating with you -guest/reader- around cooking ways that also reduce food waste.

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Know more about this at the last blog post and let me know how are you shifting from food fast consumption to creatively using food surpluses, by dropping us a comment and what you think of the read!⁠⁠

Stay safe, your host-writer, @gabriela_a_z⁠⁠
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Find the link in the bio 🍋

Mar 22

At Roots Radicals we find how hot sauces inherently represent always a different culture. They are an amazing versatile product, because you can spice any meal with them, but at the same time they also convey a unique taste and bring different stories with them. ⁠
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Our hot sauces are part of what we like to call our cultural products. We create them from inspiration and lovingly honor the culture and traditions they embody. Food and culture have forgone so many years together and are constantly evolving. Today, we can call a dish or preparation authentic by interpreting a recipe or dish into something 'new', but always honoring first at where it comes from, and what it represents.⁠
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There is no better way to learn than through the hands of heritage. Our Harissa Hot Sauce was born through the inheritance of a family recipe from Morocco, while our Sambal came from the memory of a trip to Indonesia a learning from the households and locals how to make a very important condiment to them, that spices their every day life. 🌶️⁠
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The fermented jalapeño sauce is bringing the hot spice from our slowly fermented jalapeños honoring Mexican cuisine, and pairing so delightfully with it. We also have our sweet and sour hot sauce, which was born without any planning. It's taste brought the remembrance of spring roll sauce and of childhood memories enjoying asian cuisine in Peru. Finally, our smoked aji amarillo (which is coming back soon!): a representation of the peruvian culture that is deep within Roots Radicals hearts.⁠
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All of our #zerowaste hot sauces are made with minimum 40% rescued ingredients and accompany the #cirularcooking idea: many of our spices are by-products from our hot sauces. ⁠
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Drop us a comment to share which your favorite is and what's your favorite recipe to cook with them!! And if you are running low or haven't tried them yet visit our webshop rootsradicals.berlin to get some!!!⁠
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Photo Credits:⁠
@Beccacrawford @Carinadewhurst

Mar 21

"Just about the only thing that can be said about waste is wasted – differs from one nation to another, from one section of society to the next, from one man to his neighbour. Waste, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder." Carolyn Steel, Hungry City⁠⁠
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Image credit from Kathleen Ryan "Bad Fruit" sculptures⁠⁠

Mar 19

Rooted Lives #6. We invited @ruthis_r team member of @foodincommunity an amazing organization that creatively manages food-surpluses in Totnes, UK. We had a heart to heart conversation about the resilient power of community and volunteer work to democratize access to good food for vulnerable houses. "Transition it’s about being creative and allowing yourself to learn from others skills through food" said Nadine. And we couldn't agree more! Doesn't matter the scale of your community, small and collective changes can have a huge impact in our Food Systems!
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Thank you so much to our patient listeners, Nadine and the amazing team from Food in Community for your effort! Hope we inspire more actions like this 🥕🍇🫐

Stay safe and caring!
your host,
@gabriela_a_z

Mar 17

At Roots Radicals, we partner with different collaborators along the food chain, and we want you to know a bit more of who they are. Today we want to #shoutout @gebana.official⁠
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Since 1973, gebana has been changing global trade in favour of family farmers, local communities and the environment. You can see it as a "Global Farmers Market", where you can see what's in season and where, and do #bulkshopping to order or make a crowd-order and share with friends to split it. Fresh fruits and vegetables are then ordered in advance and shipped once they are ripe and freshly harvested. This avoids waste and processing of unique orders.⁠
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So far we have received amazing pineapples that you can taste in our chutney, cashews in our cashew butter, bananas (soon to come), pomelos and all of our fermented lemons from Greek Peloponnese farmers, amazingly aromatic - and we can't wait for you to try them!⁠
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gebana changes the rules of the game: they trade differently, you buy differently, making it very easy for you to shop seasonally and fair!⁠
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Check them out here: https://www.gebana.de/ I'm thinking of ordering some avocados from Perú in my next order!! Season and fair products arriving to your doorstep are great ways to feel good about what you are eating, while knowing you are supporting a better food system.⁠
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gebana #collaborate #rootsonamission #rootsradicalsberlin #bio #foodsaving #foodwaste #naturaldiversity #crookedveggies #veggielove #savingveggies #feldbotschaft #beautiful #veganinspiration #ethicalbrands #mindfulliving #localfarming #fairtrade #thinkglobal

Mar 16

Today we want to tell you a bit more about what does it mean when fruits are identified as “heirloom”. How is it that heirloom plants can connect us to our agricultural past? and what is exactly a heirloom plant?⁠⁠
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A heirloom plant is produced and taken care of by horticulturists - gardeners and farmers mainly in ethnic communities in the Western World, and seeds are passed from one gardener and farmer generation to the next. These plants can be seen as stabilized hybrids grown from seeds that are open-pollinated but which retain the desirable traits from their parents. Heirloom is seed saving - and how important is that!⁠⁠
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As the heirloom and seed preservation is taken care of at specific places, generation by generations, these plants adapt to a specific location as well, and this is why heirloom produce is most often found at local farmers' markets; and it is part of the heirloom appeal. Heirloom produce in its most true form belongs to a place.⁠⁠
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No matter where in the world, most rural communities have foraging, preservation and fermentation present for self-sufficiency according to seasonality and availability of ingredients. These communities also teach us about respect, sustainability and care. If we want to look at the deeper meaning of heirloom, it is deeply associated with heritage and flavor but also history, and nostalgia. Going back to understanding how these communities worked, so that we can learn from them and bring the best out of our past, into our future. In heirloom prevails taste and respect, let's also make sure this stays this way in our future seeds.⁠⁠
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Swipe our photos to see some examples of heirloom varieties, drop us a comment and tell us which are your favorite ancient varieties to eat!⁠⁠
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tradition #berlingardeners #gardening #heirloom #culture #sustainablelife #berlineats #berlinlove #berlinlife #sustainablefarming #sustainableagriculture #agriculture #circulareconomy #farmtotable #urbanfarming #consciousconsumption #ecofriendlyliving #ecofriendlyproducts #emotionalwellness #seasonalfood

Mar 10

BLOGGING [AT] THE ROOTS⁠⁠
Envisioning Radical Foodscapes: Collective future ideas that break unsustainable patterns⁠⁠
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Last week for the Rooted Lives #5 we invited Elisabeth Berlinghof from @foodkompanions . Together we learn that collective and multidisciplinary creativity can envision more sustainable local and global foodscapes. When we think and design our spaces through food, the activities that we share as a community connect us to cultural and ecological values. We then measure our impact (positive and harmful) on a diversity of humans and natural landscapes.⁠⁠
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Take a look a the last blog post and let me know your visions for future foodscapes in harmony with community and nature by dropping us a comment and what you think of the read!⁠⁠
Stay safe, your host-writer, @gabriela_a_z⁠⁠
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BloggingFromTheRoots #FutureVision #Foodscapes #RootedLives #therootsradicalway #berlinfoodies #circulareconomy #circularfood #upcycling #reducefoodwaste #lovefoodhatewaste #holisticwellness #sustainablefood #zerowastefood #sustainablechoices #sustainableberlin #rootsradicalsberlin #rootsonamission

Mar 8

International Women’s Day
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Today, we want to honor all of the amazing women in this photo - @cayededia @carlotta.denis @gabriela_a_z @monicakisic @amandalenko Erica Parks // Helene - you are all AMAZING! Thank you for your work and inspiration, for your energy and laughter, and for all the nourishment you bring to Roots Radicals.
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In addition a big honoring to all of our women collaborators, friends and mentors. We are always in awe of all the magic women can bring to this world.
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Above all, honoring and celebrating women all over the planet, for your strength, for your vulnerability, for your amazing resilience and for all the love in nurturing and creating new roads, life and new possibilities for the future of all women.

#womenempowerement #womensupportingwomen #womeninbusiness #womeninspiringwomen

Mar 7

In our latest blog post, we learned to look at Food Value from a different perspective, one that relates ecology and economy at the same level. Cooperation is crucial inside a community to grow in harmony, not only between humans but together with nature. This idea is also core to the indigenous cosmovision of growth, portray in the Quechua concept Sumak Kawsay (Buen Vivir in Spanish).⁠⁠
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"A defining characteristic of Buen Vivir is harmony (...). A related theme is a sense of the collective. Capitalism is a great promoter of individual rights: the right to own, to sell, to keep, to have. But this alternative paradigm from South America subjugates the rights of the individual to those of peoples, communities and nature." Oliver Balch - The Guardian⁠⁠
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In Roots Radicals, we acknowledge nature in each of our ingredients. The sustainable sourcing, conscious preparation and upcycling of food surpluses is our oath to serve our community - both humans and living systems⁠⁠
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Image credit from the amazing Chilean collective @biodiversidadalimentaria⁠⁠
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BloggingFromTheRoots #SumakKawsay #BuenVivir #transition #therootsradicalway #circulareconomy #circularfood #upcycling #reducefoodwaste #lovefoodhatewaste #holisticwellness #sustainablefood #sustainablechoices #farmtotable #sustainableberlin #rootsradicalsberlin #rootsonamission

Mar 6

Ever since I started cooking and baking since I was a little girl, I used to always put vanilla extract in the cakes and cookies. Normally, it would be a plastic bottle with an essence, which now I know has some vanilla, but mainly it is a highly processed product.⁠
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The dream with our essences is to make them with high-graduation alcohol made with rescued fruits. While this happens, I could not wait to have our own vanilla extract as a delicious, natural and conscious alternative. Step by step, dreams manifest.⁠
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Going back to passive resistance, making an extract from vanilla also requires a lot of patience and time. At Roots Radicals we do it with a 3 year old cuban rum, and vanilla beans that are fair trade, organic and come from Madagascar. We leave them for at least 2 months before we pack them into our jars for you to enjoy.⁠
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Not only for cakes and cookies, you can add some to your potato puree to give it a beautiful twist, add it to stews and of course cocktails! You can get it now through our webshop rootsradicals.berlin/shop link in Bio!⁠
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ps. if you know anyone making rum or vodka out of rescued fruits in Berlin or Germany or Europe, let us know!!⁠
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#rootsradicalsberlin #consciousconsumption #sustainablefood #healthyfood #berlin_live #baking #vanilla #zerofoodwaste #mindfulliving #localingredients #localfood #consciouseating #sustainablelife #sustainable #reducefoodwaste #berlinfoodies #fairtrade #cocktails #shoplocal #cheers #sustainableshopping

Mar 4

Recycle, Reuse and Reduce, are the 3 R's we are used to hearing, but have you heard about the 10 R's? ⁠
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In order to extend products lifespan, to manufacture in smarter ways, and to find useful application of materials there are now 10 R's we can start to think about to shift from linear to circular. ⁠
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We will be sharing some examples over the weeks but would love to know which R's are you using more at home and where would you also like to get some new ideas for implementing them at home or at work?⁠
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Source:⁠
https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/galleries/CEinaction-_Activity06-nine-Rs-6R3_from-graham-081217.pdf ⁠
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#refuse #rethink #reduce #repair #refurbish #remanufacture #repurpose #recover #recycle #reduce #reuse #sustainable #Rooted #berlinfoodguide #therootsradicalway #berlinfoodies #circulareconomy #circularfood #upcycling #reducefoodwaste #lovefoodhatewaste #sustainablefood #zerowastefood #zerowastetips #sustainablechoices #berlingram #berlinfoodhunter #sustainableberlin #rootsradicalsberlin #rootsonamission

Feb 27

A few weeks back, talking to @becaboca from #Concordia, she mentioned a beautiful concept called "Peaceful Resistance": Allowing time to take charge, and trust in the process. Introducing a pause in the production time of something, and in this way reinforcing concepts of observation, curiosity, and finding-new-worlds. Fermentation embraces this concept so well, bringing us back to an ancestral cooking and to, through embracing peaceful resistance, opening a pathway towards respecting food again. ⁠
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At Roots Radicals when we ferment in the kitchen we love it! We allow time to be the first ingredient of transformation for our delicious products. And how well do Jalapeños transform when they are fermented!!⁠
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Our hot sauce is definitely a Roots Radicals classic and one of the first hot sauces that we've had. The jalapeños are slowly fermented during 4-6 weeks before making this extraordinary spicy chili sauce. The fermentation process preserves, transforms and intensifies the taste of the jalapeños to another level.⁠
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Aiming to be like a tabasco, our liquid hot sauce is an all-time favorite and loves to run out of stock - so hurry up to get yours!! It fits perfectly with any Mexican dish, chili cheese fries, pizza, pasta, eggs, soups, and more. Check out our webshop to order or through our friends up&coming berlin! Interested in trying it first? Stop by for a visit every Saturday at @markthalle neun from 10-18 <3⁠
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Photo credits:⁠
@beccacrawford @carinadewhurst