Rationale: The following assignment involves students in actual biological reproduction. I have just added it to the instructors' guide that will accompany my new eco art textbook - TO LIFE! Eco Art In Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet. The project enables students to cultivate and nurture living entities. Their interactions will be both intimate and emotional. They will learn to attend to the needs of the life forms they are raising. It is also functional - since their activities will generate food. It may also serve to sensitize the students to the complex, delicate, yet willful qualities of LIFE.

Project: Fermentation is the process by which reproduction and breeding technologies are applied to the production of food. Fermentation involves propagating microorganisms – bacteria, yeasts, and moulds. Create a food by cultivating microorganisms to produce bread, sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, cheese, vinegar, or pickles.

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