The Natural Canning Resource Book - A guide to home canning with locally-grown, sustainably-produced and fair-trade foods

The Natural Canning Resource Book - A guide to home canning with locally-grown, sustainably-produced and fair-trade foods

By Lisa Rayner    
Copyright (c) 2010
202 pages. 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
Color cover. Approx. 500 black and white illustrations.
Comb binding.  
Printed on 100% recycled paper in Santa Fe, NM.
ISBN: 978-0-9800608-2-9 

Table of Contents

Introduction

About Lisa Rayner

The Natural Canning Resource Book fills a major gap in the canning literature. Most published canning recipes require the use of non-organic, refined ingredients like distilled white vinegar, white sugar, corn syrup or commercial pectin containing chemical preservatives. This book explains the science behind USDA canning guidelines and explores how to can foods using healthy, natural ingredients you’ll find at your local farmer’s market, CSA and natural foods grocery, buying club or cooperative.

• can fruit & pickles without sugar or sweetened with raw honey, agave syrup, maple syrup, brown rice syrup, barley malt, evaporated cane juice or other unrefined cane sugars.
  
• pickle vegetables with organic, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar or homemade vinegar.
  
• can wild and tropical fruits like Oregon grape, Juneberries, elderberries, paw paw & guava.
  
• gel jams and jellies with homemade pectin extracted from locally grown fruit.
  
• create your own jam, jelly, fruit butter, pickle, relish, chutney & salsa recipes.
• can foods using a solar cooker.
• create a community canning project or start a community kitchen.
• save money & energy with home canning.
•  use European-style canning jars with glass lids & rubber gaskets.
• sell your canned goods at your local farmer’s market or CSA.