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A canning swap to stock up for winter
Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal
Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preserved harvest this winter.
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preserved harvest this winter.
(12/01/11) The harvest seems like a long time ago. But lots of people are still savoring the fruits of the garden with a technique as old as their great-grandparents.

Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables is enjoying a revival, thanks to the burgeoning foodie and locavore movements.

A group of canners got together in Canton recently to barter and diversify their winter larder. As David Sommerstein reports, they make the old-fashioned...cool. more

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A canning swap to stock up for winter
Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal.
Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal.
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preseved harvest this winter.
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preseved harvest this winter.
(01/03/11) The harvest seems like a long time ago. But lots of people are still savoring the fruits of the garden with a technique as old as their great-grandparents.

Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables is enjoying a revival, thanks to the burgeoning foodie and locavore movements.

A group of canners got together in Canton recently to barter and diversify their winter larder. As David Sommerstein reports, they make the old-fashioned...cool. more

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