Museum Of Edible Earth

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Museum Of Edible Earth

The Museum of Edible Earth brings together a collection of edible soils from across the globe.

26/08/2026

We’re excited to be part of the 13th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology (ISEE13), taking place in Wageningen, the Netherlands on the 27th of August 🌱🪱

The theme of this year’s symposium — “From the lab to the field, from the field to the lab” — brings together science, practice and new perspectives on the role of earthworms in circular economy and ecology.

During the event, we’ll be sharing a selection of the samples from the Museum of Edible Earth for an Earth Tasting and we’ll also present samples from our Compost as Superfood project, exploring new ways of thinking about human and soil health.

📅 Thursday, 27 August
⏰ 3:45 – 5:45 pm
📍 Wageningen, the Netherlands

19/08/2026

Museum of edible earth at Graceland Festival 2026 🧘‍♀️🌿

19/08/2026

How can geophagy deepen our understanding of Christianity, spirituality, and healing? 🧘‍♀️🌿

This past weekend, we took part in Graceland Festival 2026, where we hosted an interactive lecture and immersive workshop based around this year’s festival theme, “Ground Under Your Feet.” During these events, we presented participants with a curated selection of samples from our archive, each of which were in some way related to spirituality, religion, or healing. Through open dialogue – both between themselves and with us – attendees were encouraged to reflect on and maintain an awareness of the personal associations with spirituality that came up for them as they tasted and learned about these samples.

We were especially excited to introduce our newest sample, Milk Grotto, from Bethlehem, Palestine, for the first time. This sample will be soon added to our catalogue and available to view on our website – stay tuned to learn more about it and explore its history and flavour!

A huge thank you to all the participants, staff, and crew that made our experience at Graceland such a memorable one💖

31/07/2026

We’re excited to share that the Museum of Edible Earth is featured in the latest issue of Frankie Magazine 🗞️

In the interview, masharu reflects on the origins of the Museum, exploring the cultural, medicinal, and sensory dimensions of geophagy, and how our relationship with soil shapes the way we think about health, heritage, and the environment.

Swipe through to discover more about the interview. Or get your magazine copy!

28/07/2026

South Indian Geophagy: Practicing Survival, Hinduism, and Health 🌱

Growing up in the Chirala region of Andhra Pradesh, Southern India, Anjani Kumari developed a deep connection with geophagy through local traditions and her own curiosity about edible earth.

In this interview, she reflects on how her personal experience has transformed her understanding of geophagy — from a cultural practice and childhood curiosity to a broader conversation about nutrition, health, and environmental care.

Today, Anjani shares her experience to raise awareness about Pica disorder, working with her father to help people better understand the connections between nutrition, health, and geophagy. Anjani’s work highlights the deep connection between human health and the health of the Earth.

Read the full interview at the link: https://museumofedible.earth/earth/south-indian-geophagy-practicing-survival-hinduism-and-health/

Interview by Louise Amarel 💛

21/07/2026

What can data reveal about a collection of edible earth? 🌍📊

Explore the Museum of Edible Earth’s new interactive graphs and discover the collection from a different perspective.
Search samples by colour, shape, composition and country of origin. Filter the graphs, compare different samples and uncover hidden connections within the archive!

🔗 Explore the data page on our website:
https://museumofedible.earth/graphs/

Interactive graphs designed and developed by Hayden Barns.

14/07/2026

What could it look like to become “capable through contamination?”

During her internship with masharu studio in early 2026, Margherita Lillo was involved in our Compost as Superfood (CaS) project, which culminated in a research paper titled “Community Well-Being and Compost as Superfood: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mediated Multispecies Engagement.” Lillo’s study is concerned with tracing the link between art engagement – especially art involving kinship between humans and the earth/nonhuman – and increased well-being, both individual and communal.

Using Critical Discourse Analysis, or CDA, as a framework, Lillo looked at various community reactions to the CaS project, ultimately seeking to investigate “how the notion of community well-being can be expanded beyond exclusively human relations, while also critically assessing the limits of such expansions when translated into discursive mediation.” As a paper that is fundamentally engaged in complicating a human-centered understanding of community, Lillo illustrates the importance of examining diverse forms of ecological engagement, notably, those which fully embrace the nonhuman. Find the full paper on our website, linked in bio.

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07/07/2026

🌱 Masharu at Kompost Festival

We are happy to share Masharu’s participation in Kompost Festival last week in Berlin, together with Naida Culshaw, through a series of participatory works exploring compost and earth as spaces of transformation, connection and exchange.

Through workshops, conversations and sensory experiences, Masharu and Naida invited participants to explore questions around nourishment, waste, microbial life and our relationship with earth and the body.

A collective journey into compost and earth as living processes of transformation. 🌱

Thank you to Kompost Festival, Naida Culshaw and everyone who took part in these encounters.

More about Kompost Festival:
https://kompost.zone/

03/07/2026

This weekend the Compost as Superfood project is visiting Kompost Festival 2026 in Berlin.
Join Masharu Studio and Naida Culshaw across the festival for three events exploring compost as a practice of transformation and care.

We are Compost – Soilcare and Community
- 3 July | 19:00–22:00
Kiezkapelle (Prinzessinnengarten)
Including Masharu Studio & Naida Culshaw’s presentation, What if Compost Was a Superfood?

Soil Art Picnic
- 5 July | from 19:00
Featuring Compost Tasting & Conversation – Lessons from the Heap

Eating Earth – Re/membering What Feeds Us
- 6 July | 16:00–18:00
Workshop exploring the flavours and practices of geophagy.
If you’re attending the festival, we warmly invite you to join us.

Find the full festival programme: https://kompost.zone

24/06/2026

This week’s edible earth sample is Havana Cascarilla from Cuba.

This fine white powder has a dry, chalky texture that dissolves quickly in the mouth. Its taste is chemical and industrial, with strong chalk-like notes. It is not really intended for eating, but rather to be placed on the lips or tongue.

It comes from traditions linked to Western Africa, where sacred white earth known as Efun was used in spiritual practices. Over time, alternative white powders were developed with similar symbolic associations.

Cascarilla is a fine white powder made from crushed eggshells, shaped and processed into a soft material with a similar appearance to these traditional white earths.

This sample forms part of the Museum of Edible Earth collection.

Want to learn more? https://museumofedible.earth/product/havana-cascarilla/

Browse the full collection here: https://museumofedible.earth/

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