For the geeks> find more data and spreadsheets here: community.projectkamp.com/research/how-can-we-be-more-sustainable-in-the-kitchen-

@MiMaTak

9 ай бұрын

as a farmer in permaculture, i would advise you to review your Co2 impact of meat... I have 25 chickens, they only feed on what my compost is attracting as worms and macro fauna, no extra grain provided.. it gets me food and protein for winter. I have also grassfed cows, pigs and sheeps... they nurrish the soil by eating the Carbon in plants and transform into protein. My farm is negative in CO2 production hehe.. Please review your sources of calculations. as it is now you are using "chosen' figures.

@dammers89

9 ай бұрын

Came here for the Project Kamp update, stayed for the spreadsheets

@douglascampbell9809

9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised you don't have a good old fashioned root cellar being planned for cool food storage. I'm not sure how prevalent root cellars are in Europe. It's a structure, usually underground or partially underground used for storage of vegetables, fruits, nuts, or other foods. Used before rural electrification in North America. Being underground often dug into the side of a hill they are cooler inside. They take some effort to build but don't need electricity to stay at the ambient underground soil temp. Ambient underground soil temp gets cooler the deeper you go and stays constant.

@jeppeleth3888

9 ай бұрын

@@douglascampbell9809 agreed. Yes, Europe has a history of using root cellars. Seems like a good idea for Kamp

@richardbetts

8 ай бұрын

Yes I agree, I mentioned a similar opinion but it was erased, maybe it was too long...?@@MiMaTak

If your fridge gets mold inside you should 1) check door joints, if they are pierced or damaged replace it cuz it will be worse later. Check if door close correctly too 2) empty it from food and wash the whole thing with white vinegar. Dry it clean after with a towel. 3) Check water evacuation, if there is something in it, water from condensation can't go out so it stays inside and you'll get mold. Hope it helps

@christianeboost

9 ай бұрын

👌 Put a torch in your fridge to see if the sealing is still okay. If you can see the light from outside, it is not a good sign.

@barbrochester5235

9 ай бұрын

Empty and clean is key, vinegar water is good....

@simonc8689

9 ай бұрын

Keeping a fridge dry is easy. Just chuck in a tub of bicarb or flour and throw it out every time it gets stiff ie damp or crunchy. The flour and bicarb are both OK to chuck in the garden.

@anacareyclark2025

9 ай бұрын

also leaving an open jar or cloth bag or such of baking soda inside can help

@LisandroMarchesini

9 ай бұрын

50/50 water vinager for cleaning, also consider putting some cloth on top of the veggies to absorb moisture

I mean, lets give a huge thumb up for that self sustaining farm and the guy that running it. Can't get better food than that.

@hotstuff6934

9 ай бұрын

i wouldnt mind joining them i would love to live like that with a few people who know what they doing

@nataliaghidirim1655

9 ай бұрын

true. I myself ready to move to Portugal and looking for a community/farm related group where I can be a part of group-sustainable ppl...Project Camp giving ideas but I dont know which angle to start... ;)))

@luciferslight5306

8 ай бұрын

Not a animal there..what farm??

A pressure cooker in the kitchen might help to conserve energy cooking vegetables like potatoes or chickpeas.

@Paul-ex5xn

9 ай бұрын

In Germany we call this Schnellkochtopf.

@jmsaltzman

9 ай бұрын

Yes I'm surprised not to see any electric pressure cookers: they are incredibly efficient!

@ws4860

9 ай бұрын

I miss an outdoor kitchen fired with wood. This works very well in most parts of the world and you have endless fire wood for free. PS: I have a Turkisch "Manheim" pressure cooker, it works very well and is much cheaper than the German models, it requires no seals.

@summerzandrew

8 ай бұрын

This is what I came to say also. Am instant pot for all the beans and rice you're eating? You can eat dried beans within an hour from dried! That has got to save so much gas! Given that you eat beans and grains at essentially every meal I'd think two electric pressure cookers or one and a rice steamer (depending on volumes and efficiency) would be essential tools in your kitchen set up! Plus make it so much cooler in there

@toulouiseskingdom

6 ай бұрын

YES!! That could be a really nice project, especially given the amount of "free wood" they have on the land. I've seen many "forno a lenha" in Brazil, made quite simply and used as the main cooking stove@@ws4860

I see You make Hummus, the water that comes from cooking the chickpeas is called aquafaba and You can use it as a eggwhite replacement. It can be stored in the fridge for about 5 days. Also if You have mushrooms You can dry them in the sunshine and they will absorb tons of vitamine D. When fully dried You can grind them into a powder and store it for winter time when there is less sunshine. A teaspoon of mushroom powder with Vitamine D into Your cooking is enough to give You a full daylie dose of vitamine D in a natural way. The coffee grind that is left from people drinking coffee can be used to get rid of unwelcome insects in the veggie garden. Also putting certain veggies/herbs together works as a stimulator for them to grow. Everything You put in a salade (tomatoes, letuce, onion, basil, cucumber) stimulates eachother when planted next to eachother. In South America they plant corn, green beans and pumpkin together. It's called the Three Sisters and the stem of the corn is used by the green beans to climb and the ground will be covered by the pumpkin which act as a mulch to keep the soil moist. Plenty of more tips but it's becoming a book at this point :) .....Love Your chanel

@heraldocosta1469

9 ай бұрын

That's why I read all the comments. We can learn so much from this canal. This mushrooms tip is priceless.Cheers to you.

@dinahselah6364

9 ай бұрын

@@heraldocosta1469 You're very welcome :)

@inMuro

8 ай бұрын

you can also grow mushrooms on coffee waste : ) There's a Dutch company that sells starters: Rotterzwam.

@kittimcconnell2633

7 ай бұрын

aquafaba can also be used to wash hair occassionally (not every wash).

@lilliegrisham9009

6 ай бұрын

😊

You should build a storage cellar into the ground...for many things, like potatoes, carots and so on...

@andreamalik2961

9 ай бұрын

Yes, a root cellar would be excellent.

@MJ-mw6vj

9 ай бұрын

No question a root cellar should be utilized. It would be the most beneficial build you could make. Plus you have the man power to make it happen.

@IdentifiantE.S

9 ай бұрын

Yes 😀

@qoriquentegallegos8397

9 ай бұрын

An underground fridge is good.

@noeraldinkabam

9 ай бұрын

They have a cool room, buried in to the ground. There’s also a dutch rootcellar made out of plastic. You bury it.

You guys could start a whole secondary channel based on food prep. It’s fascinating and beautiful.

You guys could TOTALLY have a spin-off cooking channel for people who want to learn how to cook off-grid and more sustainably. :) also, try rice "coffee"!

@_TheDudeAbides_

9 ай бұрын

I think it would be mostly like on grid cooking. Gas, electricity and a pizza oven are fairly common.

@user-hk1kr7lc1e

9 ай бұрын

Cooking with the Kamp

@myrdhynn

9 ай бұрын

i fucking love that idea

@maei7287

9 ай бұрын

yes!!!

@merlijnbell8747

9 ай бұрын

Yeeeees !!!

One thing you could do to help increase your self-reliance is at the end of each season, before everyone departs for the winter, would be to have a mass-planting of potatoes/other root vegetables and then simply leave them to grow over winter to harvest in the spring when people return. Other than the planting/harvesting, there wouldn't be a lot of work involved.

Have you considered using the lower part of the small "Sketchy Ruin" you finished last year as a 'root cellar"? This way you have a naturally cooler space to store potatoes, other vegetables, fruits, etc.

Charcoal absorbs moisture and removes odors, so try putting a few pieces of charcoal in the refrigerator and changing them regularly.

@shayonamh

9 ай бұрын

yes for humidity and bad odur it works for sure... i used it several time any coal works

@theorichard7197

9 ай бұрын

will work in a small fridge, not a industrial one like they got.

@IdentifiantE.S

9 ай бұрын

@@theorichard7197Yes !

@bridgetcalder3460

9 ай бұрын

Bicarbonate of soda in an open dish might work better for a bigger fridge

@roopel5567

9 ай бұрын

+ check the seals of the fridge to avoid any more moisture going in

two things. why not make a separate laundry area to free up space in the kitchen? you have space, access to water and compost why not grow more of your own veg? garlic, onions and beans are easy to grow.

@stschubs

9 ай бұрын

they touched on this in the last season, their energies are covering a lot of areas already, and they have so many sustainable farmers around them they can support instead, plus it takes time and money and energy and some know how, to garden on a large scale (imo, as a market farmer)

@hotstuff6934

9 ай бұрын

Also make your own laundry powder its so much cheaper to make

Those food scraps could feed a biogas digester, which would capture both the gas and provide fertiliser, the bacteria in the compost heap will outgas those hydrocarbons into the air, which is less evironmentally friendly then burning them, please revisit this option in the future.

@brothernorb8586

9 ай бұрын

Are you sure about that?

@tinkeringwithmark1186

9 ай бұрын

Yes! Human waste and food scraps. Your cooking with gas and fertilizing your garden!

@sebastiandevida4685

9 ай бұрын

​​@@brothernorb8586you get methane instead of co2 if you don't burn it, and methane is a more potent greenhouse gas, I think it eventually decomposes to co2 after a number of years. If you burn that methane, you don't need so much natural gas and also you release co2 instead of methane (I think this is the reasoning)

@brothernorb8586

9 ай бұрын

@@sebastiandevida4685 I just wonder if it really makes a difference in the grand scheme, especially when they're burning plastic instead of recycling it and so many way worse things

@sebastiandevida4685

9 ай бұрын

@@brothernorb8586 well, nothing by itself makes a difference, only globewide change will matter. But if the carbon footprints of the kamp lowers by doing this, it serves as evidence of a better way of doing things. The best part would be having the documentation of such a system being built and used, as to have realistic expectations. I see this proyect as more an experiment than anything else, As I half a globe away from them, but hope the replicate their success eventually in my own community

i live in a city in the USA with 750k people. and we cannot find the supplies you have there without spending HUGE amounts of money. that big meal probably cost less than a simple meal for my family of 4 in Nebraska. it is absolutely ridiculous how wasteful the US is. i hate it. if my family's medical issues didn't keep us anchored where we are, near a massive hospital, we would be joining you at the Kamp, and bringing my expertise and training for building and maintaining the kamp! love the work you folks are doing, absolutely fantastic work!

For storing more food in bulk so you don't have to drive as much: underground refrigerator, underground is already cooler and great insulator.

@Marcuslobenstein

9 ай бұрын

Fridges arent always designed for that especially the garage isnt a great place if it could freeze. So depends on climate

@dorianbehling8989

9 ай бұрын

I've worked on a farm that used an underground fridge, but things got mold really quickly. Even the paper labels on bottles. The moisture was really high in there. Could depend on the model, but these things are also very pricey. Maybe to pricey to experiment

@verba_volante

9 ай бұрын

Yeah made suggestion before I heard about mold part, only thing is mabey separating fruits and vegetables, not sure how one would in a commercial refrigerator

@markfish8403

9 ай бұрын

A root cellar for some of the food storage would be a great avenue to explore, and possibly some residential space would be more comfortable when the weather is very hot or cold. Depending on water table and building codes it could be a viable option I would rather sleep in a 10 foot deep hole in the ground than a hot van/ tent. Skylight natural lighting could use some recycled plastic since that is part of their building discipline.

One of the things you can do is pickle, ferment and salt the fresh produce you get in summer so that it lasts to the next season. It’s a great way of increasing sustainability for year round consumption

Repurpose the 3 phase oven. Step 1) Take the 3 phase oven to a big city restaurant supply house and trade it for additional restaurant equipment (square stainless steel pans with SS lids) that will be useful in the Project Kamp kitchen. You will not produce 3 phase power from a solar energy system because it is unnecessary. Step 2) Build a second wood or charcoal fired oven immediately outside the kitchen. Begin to work the wood fired oven into the meal preparation scheme regularly to reduce your reliance on bottled gas. Step 3) Make certain the double door refrigerator is on a flat platform that is level. Pouring a cement slab to set it on would be worthwhile. Once the case is level and plumb, check all gaskets for fit and clean or repair if necessary. Step 4) Use covered stainless steel pans for all leafy produce to reduce humidity. Check for drain holes; Blow them out with compressed air, followed by a 10% vinegar flush and sterile water rinse. 5) Make certain all interior fans are clean, lubricated, sanitized and operating properly. 6) Chemically clean the interior cooling plates to improve performance and eliminate mold and mildew spores. 😊

@peterszarvas94

9 ай бұрын

Cooking with wood makes sense, they have a lot of invasive mimosa trees. What is more sustainable than this? (And solar of course)

@chrisb9319

9 ай бұрын

To reduce their CO2 foot print neither cooking with wood, charcoal or gas nor using cement would be the right way.

@stevejohnstonbaugh9171

9 ай бұрын

@@chrisb9319 What heat source would you propose for cooking and washing?

@stevejohnstonbaugh9171

9 ай бұрын

@@peterszarvas94 Thank you for your support! 😊

@chrisb9319

9 ай бұрын

@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 either use the electricity from the existing solar setup or build a solar cooker.

Bees for honey- as a sweetener and also for the pollinators. Chickens on deep bedding. You can feed them your waste veg, they will also help with the flies, and help with composting. Plus’s you get eggs!

@oddmammal

9 ай бұрын

There's plenty of bee-friendly alternatives to honey. Honey is for bees. Chickens are already the most used land animal on the planet, so maybe we could leave them out of this one 🤷🏻‍♂️

@TheFlyingEpergne

9 ай бұрын

@@oddmammal bees produce a surplus of honey, harvesting the honey doesn't harm the bees at all

@_TheDudeAbides_

9 ай бұрын

@@oddmammal I agree, ducks could be a better option. They are stronger and give just as good eggs.

@castanho009

9 ай бұрын

@@_TheDudeAbides_so it’s better to keep a flying animal caged instead of caring for a non flying bird? Chickens can give eggs and meat, while helping with compost and pests… the CO2 emissions would be really low also, since they would have a small scale operation and environmental conscious practices in place. If they don’t want to harvest the chicken, they’ll live for 15 years, producing eggs and being well kept. They wouldn’t survive a tenth of that time in the wild 🤷‍♂️

@oddmammal

9 ай бұрын

@AndyConnacher Yes of course they do, to get them through the winter months when there's less flowers around.. Looks like you're quoting a pro-beekeeping website. Are you also in favour of the queen's wings being clipped so she can't leave the hive?

I never get a hug from my local supermarket.

I'm a CSA farmer in Canada and I found this super interesting, thanks so much for covering this topic

Of all the subjects covered here the inter cropping was the bit that blew me away, such a great way of farming. What a 1st glance looked like a disaster (I have worked on conventional farms), was a wow moment for me, to see all that produce growing so well in and amongst their neighbours. it really made me think how conditioned i am to expect crops to be grown in isolation. I am a sheep, clearly.

Not in Portugal proper, but there is a coffee plantation on São Jorge island in the Azores (the only coffee plantation in Europe). It is owned by the Nunes family who runs a small cafe as well. Depending on where your coffee is sourced from now, this may be closer and may potentially lower your emissions? Not sure but might be worth researching! Keep up the great work.

@taniacosta9752

5 ай бұрын

Para além da família Nunes na ilha de São Jorge, os Açores já têm outras plantações de café e o fazem de forma comercial através da Delta café. São pioneiros na Europa a produzir café.

The fridge will dehydrate any open food, that moisture will be attracted to the evaporator. Seal the individual food in containers.

@edvardfranke

9 ай бұрын

lil compartment are great…

@eoghanholland2410

9 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul I didn't know this :)

@heraldocosta1469

9 ай бұрын

Tks Paul!!This apply to any household.

@elHippieSupremo

9 ай бұрын

Probably a humid environment as well

I love spending my Monday’s watching project kamp updates

Cherish the plants that randomly pop up from the compost self-propagating themselves. That means those seeds are the strongest and will give the most selfsustainable plants

@ximonwhhatt3796

9 ай бұрын

Is it because of its will to live?

@uribove

9 ай бұрын

@@ximonwhhatt3796 i mean plants don't "think" as far as we know as humans and scientists. But every plant adapts to conditions in their proximity. The fact that a seed can survive the (partial) composting biochemical processes means it is a seed that is made to survive harsh conditions aka the strongest seed if that plant's new generation

@ximonwhhatt3796

9 ай бұрын

@@uribove just like humans

Hey guys, you might consider a worms tank for veggie waste too! They do an incredible job for free producing super soil and worm tea for your garden!

Buying local is great. Living in Germany, most of my shopping is based upon seasonal foods and going to the various weekly markets. However, I have some questions about your sustainable cooking once the vegetables have been purchased. - What do you do with the vegetable scraps? I did not see any vegetable broths being made in the video. After making broths (which make healthier rice and couscous dishes), the rest of the vegetable remains can then be composed. Oh, they compost faster after being cooked. - What do you do with the coffee grinds? That is great for the compost. - If you have a fire at night, do you make coffee the night before on the coals (maybe in the pizza oven) and people can drink cold coffee for breakfast or a mid-day break? That would reduce the use of the batteries or propane. - Have you considered making sun coffee or sun tea to utilize the power of the sun? That would also reduce the use of the batteries or propane. - have you considered using Chicory which is a locally grown plant land therefore requires less CO2 emissions (i.e. petrochemicals for transport) to Portugal?

A few other ideas come to mind: 1) Buy a Cast Iron outdoor kitchen and use firewood for cooking 2) Alternately u can build the similar type kitchen from bricks and clay 3) Building Steam Room/Sauna might be cool 4) Build a water heating system which will be using your endless firewood 5) Put a few painted in black water barrels on your container top and use sun power to warmup water during hot days for showers/general use

@MRMPR88

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, why do you guys don't use an outdoor kitchen fired with wood? These things are great, especially for everything which has long cooking times and doesn't need fine temperature control.

I have a couple of suggestions. You could use the new storage space to store pickled produce and homemade preserves/ marmalades to help winter cooking keep its variety. Also The fridge being moist, you could try using natural dehumidifiers such as charcoal in a tray in the fridge. Also be mindful when putting wet/ washed salads into the fridge.

@denaiw6887

9 ай бұрын

bi- carb will absorb water like charcoal less messy, mold problem is water... opening fridge to much...

For food safety, I suggest setting up all buffet/serving lines OUTSIDE the container. Inviting every community member to walk through the food prep space 3 times a day is poor sanitation practice. I suggest that the interior of the kitchen container be made off limits to all but those directly involved in food prep; unless specifically invited to enter. The only equipment required is a table.

You make me feel like I make a difference by watching when you said us watching are supporting your local farmers. That's the smallest thing I can do and it still helps

I absolutely love this channel. The videos are getting more and more interesting.

My suggestion is to please not mix detergent and non food stuff within your food storage. Although labeled people could get them mixed-up. Also, Purchasing large instant pots, crowd sized rice cooker, etc would help with ease in food preparation.

@primusro

9 ай бұрын

came in the comment section to say the same thing. Not only that it is easier to accidentally use it in the food but also plastic containers are permeable by chemical compounds in detergents and they can travel and integrate within other containers where you store food.

Fortunately, i watched this after lunch, otherwise i probably would have gone crazy 😂

Shout out to the German cooks-- as a German myself!

@jkdruid

9 ай бұрын

Shout out to the german cooks,(but I'm Irish)hihi

If there is dandelion on the land, the roasted roots can be used as a coffee substitute or supplement

@axelSixtySix

9 ай бұрын

BUT it is necessary to harvest in winter or spring to avoid a concentration of bitterness in the root

@balentay

9 ай бұрын

I hear you can also use the yellow heads for jelly! SUPPOSEDLY it tastes a lot like honey but don't quote me on that

@ckkiss

9 ай бұрын

It doesn't have caffeine.

@hallucilogene_tv

8 ай бұрын

@@balentay Yes ! It absolutely tastes like honey ! 🙂

@florianvdb7444

15 күн бұрын

And the (young) leaves can be eaten as a salad as well.

Having your own vegetable patch is definetely a must. Also I would have a chicken coop with a laying hens it definetely will help eating all the leftovers and not doing all this compost.

@sarahpauline4904

3 ай бұрын

Chickens need to eat more than food scraps, and they are common vectors for disease, impacting avian diversity. Keeping things vegan is the most sustainable way to go.

I vaguely recall my grandmother keeping a shallow saucer of white vinegar in her fridge for mould...and sometimes citrus peels

@mcm9329

9 ай бұрын

also..are chickens an option for protein?..eggs are amazing food balls

@stevejohnstonbaugh9171

9 ай бұрын

@@mcm9329 Also an EXCELLENT way to upcycle the food waste.

what about a underground cool storage space for the summer

Your fridge is probably too small 😢. Try to limit opening the door Check the drain And make ventilation for the back of the fridge with a fan (eg. a computer fan or USB fan, and make sure to get the air to the outside when it has passed the radiator. Check the gasket on the doors

Rosemary need more water. Bury a lidded unglased terracotta pot and fill it with water and the water percolate to the Rosemary. The lid keep evaporation to a minimum. From a happy lurker.. ❤😂❤

A fridge should always dehumidify itself trough it cooling. If yours doesn’t do that maybe it is not cool itself enough. This could be because the compressor is getting weak, the charge of refrigerant is getting low or it isn’t getting enough airflow to the back of it heat exchanger. Maybe check for these things

Is it normal there to have a washing machine for dirty clothes in the kitchen? I'd make a seperate building (laundry facility) for that and use the grey water to water your garden.

This was really nice to watch! I would love to have more of this into my life. Fresh food, and being able to know were it came from. I buy my groceries in a supermarket, and sometimes on a farmers market in the city. I always have to deal with a lot of plastics. A few years ago I went for a silent retreat in Spain for a week. There was this wonderfull vegan cook, a Spanish woman, who ordered a ton of vegetables and chopped everything up, and used litterally everything during that week. I had the best food ever in that week. I cannot reproduce that, but it is really an inspiration.

You could use a Wonderbag as a passive slow cooker to save on cooking gas. Especially great for cooking dry beans, chickpeas and stews. Very useful in winter when less sun (as opposed to solar oven).

I'd like to see you guys use mimosa charcoal as your cooking fuel.

@Kaczyfunny

9 ай бұрын

It is a great idea :-) I thought about a sun oven too. The best if they combine what they have.

@MihaiER1

9 ай бұрын

I was just typing the same question when I saw yours. :) I like toast bread on charcoal...

@ruben9912

9 ай бұрын

charcoal merely as a means of heating is a bit polluting really though it has many different uses. Charcoal shines when it comes to grilling or smoking but often you're looking for a certain kind of wood, which the mimosa just is not. what would be interesting to me is, considering how fast the stuff grows, to see if all this carbon can be sequestered in some kind of way without releasing it back into the atmosphere. if such a thing could be developed it could be applied all over portugal in the same sweeping motion that is done to fire proof the land.

@BevanRamsden

9 ай бұрын

Low c02 and charcoal?

@rbu2136

9 ай бұрын

Mimosa bread toaster? Different woods leave different flavors.

I love how shove comes to push 😂

I found this weeks one to be very informative. Enjoyed seeing the cooking. Happy faces of everyone there to eat. 😊😊😊😊

If you haven't already tried this, a bowl of baking soda in the fridge should help reduce moisture as well as odors in the fridge. Once the baking soda has completely hardened you would replace it with a new amount. You should not use that hardened baking soda for cooking or baking.

@jandunn3075

8 ай бұрын

But you can still use it for cleaning.

For the coffee, try to mix it with the same amount of coffee substitute from grains and chicory and prepare it as usual. You don't even taste that it is not pure coffee.

Check if the rubbers on the fridge are still good. Nice episode guys!

for mold/moist in the fridge, I know of people that put small bags of cat-litter in the car to keep the air dry (against steamed-up windows) Maybe that some moist-absorbing substance (like cat litter) helps for the fridge too.

Need more protein in the meal. Didn't see a big pot of legumes.

The moisture in your fridge is coming from all the fresh produce in there. To absorb it you can make a moisture trap out of silica gel that you can buy in bulk as cat litter in a pet store cheaply. This can then be reused indefinitely by drying it out ether in an oven or probably in direct hot sun or maybe a small solar oven. Im in Ireland so I don't have any experience of direct hot sun to try that ;)

@mwahlgreen

9 ай бұрын

Catlitter (silica one) can go in the compost or poopstorage after use

Very great to see how you guys doing with the cooking! Here some Ideas that came up in my mind: When it comes to reducing co2 emmisions, try to build a sun cooker to save gas. there are different moddels, the parabolig one I tryed before from a kit and it worked very good (+300°C) and not that big of a diameter, can also be bourght Try to ferment what is left or make some kind of broth out of it (dry or cooked as paste), I saw you are using Lemmons, if they are organic (i think so) you can very simple ferment the emtpy halfs, in 2% salt water and use them in the cooking process again, very yumy. If you find time the morning cooked oat flakes can also soak over night and need no gas to get cooked. The coffe topic shows that you could try to use local "coffe" other roasted goods that do not travel and use that much reccources. very subjective and sensetive i think and a great topic to reflect on what are we willing to abond and change our habits for positive climat impacts. I think depending on how far you have to go with the truck you could think to upgrade your solar in the future and make the truck an electric one working as a second batterie / car, but maybe its then just more efficent to farm by your selfs.. numbers needs to be checked there. Hope this input can help you ;) Kepp the good work up!

@ottoglockner8467

9 ай бұрын

ah and a presure cooker saved energy too.

I found the social interaction with the local elder folks very inspirational. This is how it should be - for now folks are interconnected in living there and connected to these young folks building a new way of living and managing resources. Fantastic project!

what a great episode was this one. Very interesting de combination of food preparation and the way of monitoring the CO2 footprint. Keep going!

Your food looks soooo delicious. A spin-off with those two chefs would be great. Nice to see how you can get most of your food from nearby stores and farms. Sustainability is key.

@kavali6320

9 ай бұрын

The recipe for your 'coconut milk' would be appreciated very much ;)

"sustainable" is often a silly word. Being economical is being ecological. Look at every plant and animal around you- they aren't trying to restrict themselves. They are trying to be as successful as possible. They are trying to gather as many resources as they can as efficiently as possible. Of course be aware of the environment around you, but don't unnecessarily restrict your actions based on social movements that are often promoted by people who think humans are evil and a scourge on the earth.

@_TheDudeAbides_

9 ай бұрын

I recommend that you watch the video again, check out the comparison of the different co2 pollutions of the different types of food and drink. Just because you live cheeply (being economical) it is not the same as having a smaller impact on the environment. Trying to say that what we always do is just as good as improvements people suggest is just fear of change.

@OW79

9 ай бұрын

> Look at every plant and animal around you- they aren't trying to restrict themselves. They are trying to be as successful as possible. Yes, but they aren't using heavy chemicals and machines that use oil to accomplish the task, neither do they produce lots of garbage that can't be broken down by nature. It's not a one-on-one comparison.

@nitrgnlab9400

9 ай бұрын

​@@OW79In fact, they WERE producing lots of garbage. Just look at the history of the earth: in the early times everything was okay until some organisms started to produce oxygen. It led to a massive extinction in the so-called oxygen catastrophe. But the biosphere has adapted to this, no problem. It's a driving force of evolution.

The food looks delicious! Bravo chefs!

The food looks amazing.

Man, I would love to see you guys taking a challenge to build hydroponics 😊😊😊

@somethingblueboatlifecambr1112

9 ай бұрын

also aquaponics if they dont want to eat fish they could sell or barter for product they need

A deck outside the kitchen container door (next to the burners) with a sunshade and a workbench could add a lot of workspace easily.

@evaisdreaming

8 ай бұрын

Would be a good prep kitchen option!

This was a very nice episode. Thank you. I felt the you must have felt in presenting and making it.

Thank you so much for making this video! I really love that you have already put so much work into this part of Kamp and keep track of all this data. You should be proud of your food consumption impact and the hard work you put in to make it happen! Really inspiring to see that you chose to work with local (sustainable/regenerative) partners instead of trying to do everything yourself. I am curious to learn what will happen next, maybe a collab with Nuno on the land?

For cooking potatoes you could use a pressure cooker. Saves a lot of fuel

@-htl-

9 ай бұрын

And less heat from the fire in the kitchen on a hot day

@summerzandrew

8 ай бұрын

Yes! For potatoes, rice and especially beans!

Thanks for another exciting episode. It is so interesting to follow Project Kamp as you want to develop and evolve in so many different areas. You are open to new ideas and want to find new and sustainable ways together as a community. Truly something to be inspired by. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪 😀

This episode was so good. Thank you. I love watching how you all live, do everyday things, how you fix things. Theres always something to learn. The food though.. goodness you all eat so healthy congratulations

Excelent vlog! LOVE IT! impressive numbers! A big Thank you to the lovely cooks!

You have ideal starting land for goats. They eat mimosa, brambles and much more. Regenerative grazing is the way to grafually bring back many grasses, herbs and flowers. Then you also have milk and cheese without buying and traveling.

@PeterKelly

9 ай бұрын

how would you stop the goats from eating good plants like oaks?

@giga84

9 ай бұрын

The goats are a great Idea! A Leach I guess.

Baking soda is a great way to absorb moisture. Put some in a glass jar or a small bowl and keep the top off. Another option is uncooked rice but that might not be the best use :)

it was so refreshing to watch this channel every week. great job guys!

Wow! I can't believe how much I enjoyed this update. Thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work. Cheers.

Super interesting! Thanks for sharing the insights into your cooking routines!

There’s no wonder you needed an extra Latrine 😂😂😂😂😂

Regarding the fridge; salt is naturally hydrophilic so it will absorb moisture from the air. It could also be sun dried for reuse. Lacto-fermentation could be used to preserve greens when they start to wilt. The majority of fresh produce can be easily pickled with vinegar. Surplus fruit can easily be made into chutney or vinegar. You can make your own vinegar with fruit on the turn with water and a 'mother of vinegar'. Vegan Kefir can made with most vegan milk alternatives.

@martinwyke

9 ай бұрын

Also your tomatoes needs a lot more water. I water mine twice daily in the UK. In Portuguese heat you probably need constant water dripping.

I’m so glad I get to see your progress on this

"...a more sustainable way as possible, but we don't really know what that means." 😏

@nitrgnlab9400

9 ай бұрын

Laughed my ass off as I heard it. Just a bunch of brainwashed people thinking they're saving the planet.

Future protien source mabey: fish, in the pond you guys restored the dam on

Excellent, you are so well fed.

Another great Project Kamp video! You are all AWESOME! 🥰🤗

Looks sooooo delicious what you guys are eating everday. Good on ya!

Every video is enchanting and more importantly inspiring!

You can use rests after making a food for veggie stock. Mainly skins from onion and others

2 corrections: You guys are using carbon steel pans, not cast iron (at least in the footage you showed), just in case anyone wants to buy the same (you should, they're the best!). That green shrub that you called lemon grass that you use in tea is actually lemon verbena. As for the coffee, regenerative farmer Mark Shepard is planting coffee and cacao seeds in Wisconsin (zone 3-5). His idea is that if a seed takes there, it had some genetic mutation that would allow it to survive in the wrong climate. He assumes that out of hundreds or thousands of seeds, the probability is high that some will take. I don't know if it is successful yet, but you guys are in zone 8-10 (depending on where you are exactly and your microclimate) and you will only get hotter. Why not experiment in a small patch to see if you could grow cacao and/or coffee? They have started to harvest coffee in Sicily, so it isn't impossible. It's also not a crop that competes with your neighbors--it might even benefit them. The results of the experiment could be very valuable for large parts of Europe.

@rickmaff

8 ай бұрын

Even more to your point, you absolutely CAN use soap on cast iron pans. It's LYE that causes issues, and modern soaps, especially bio-degradable ones, will not have any effect on the seasoning of a cast iron utensil.

is everyone in Project Kamp vegetarian? or you prefer this food source for economical reasons? eg. you could feed few chickens on your scraps only to lay eggs for comunity.

Congratulation guys, I love your scientific and ethic way to look at things.

Man I love this it's so beautiful to see we have hope for human kind ❤

Would love to see the hydrological impact and land usage for the food supply on later episodes of the sustainable kitchen. Like you guys have shown Nunos' farm does it extremely well keeping multiple crops in the same area. But Industrial farming (even if its "Bio") can have many different impacts, I.E. not every grain type yields the same or has the same agroecological impact.

@minervabird1967

9 ай бұрын

Nunos does it right. he is using permaculture techniques.

@MrKittke

9 ай бұрын

@@minervabird1967 yes that’s what I said as well he is a good example of know your food and sustainability. I just hope towards the future they can do it for more supplie(r)s

I don't know the exact numbers but I feel like you could use some more proteins. The cheapest solution that comes to my mind could be buying some chickens to have some eggs. Also a real cheap end fast growing and easy to harvest product are mushrooms, the coffee wastes could be reused as soil for a mushroom farm.

@Kolnerbigblue

9 ай бұрын

Beans and rice, which the obviously use), provide inexpensive, environmentally friends, complete proteins. They are still expending energy to get rid of the invasive eucalyptus tress and probably don't currently have time for livestock maintenance.

@anabandeiradecarvalho1354

9 ай бұрын

You work so hard! You need to be strong! You should eat more proteins and honey and more fruits!

@oddmammal

9 ай бұрын

All plants have protein. People so obsessed with eggs here.. Weird.

@ivanconte9665

9 ай бұрын

@@oddmammal I'm not saying that plants, specially leguminacei, don't have proteins, simply those are not enough for a group of youngs who has to do a lot of manual labor. Proteins, as fats/sugar, are essencial for a good diet and the mediterrenian diet suggests to eat meat or fish once a week. What one eats is up to him but I think that everyone should listen to a medic opinion and his body.

@ivanconte9665

9 ай бұрын

@@oddmammal eggs are a huge income of proteins and fats while being a lower carbon impact aliment (not the lowest but surely less than cow meat). Having few eggs mixed in the salad I think could be really good.

Amazing video guys its great to see all these people and business's helping with kamp.

Love what you all are doing. Keep up the amazing work :)

when you cut the mamosa (when it is still green wood) would you be able to use that to create hoops to create green houses? also on the charcoaling the mamosa suggestions, it may be possible to set up charcoal making kilns and use the heat for baking.

I love this tipe of content❤❤❤

Your plan is beautifully comes togather. I love it :-)

Hi Thats me just watched all your videos. They were very enjoyable and I would like to thank you all for making them and wish you all the best for the coming years doing this project. I will be waiting patiently every week for your next update. Thankyou

Careful with those mint plants, they can spread over others super quickly.

@summerzandrew

8 ай бұрын

Yes, the mint needs to be corralled

keep up the good work😁

I loved this ep! As a foodie and avid gardener its great to see you explore food security and sustainability. I definitely suggest growing more food with your land and making more compost with the immense clippings, wood chips and food waste you have. Also is there a reason why you’re strictly vegan in cooking? Chooks are a great permaculture edition to any homestead providing food through eggs and manure for growing more food. Maybe also explore more canning/preserving options for food to enable you to do less trips for food? Keep up the fab work🎉

great project idea, very nice! We love to watch your updates!