We’ve just closed the book on an exciting summer of events designed to encourage the market community to preserve fresh, local produce while it’s plentiful, and at the peak of  freshness and flavor!  The Discover You CAN! program was made possible by the Ball Canning Jar Company and the Farmers Market Coalition.  The Charlottesville City Market was one of three markets in the state of Virginia, and one of 50 across the country, to   receive this fabulous grant to implement a season-long canning education program. 

 

As we near the end of another produce season, we’d like to invite you to join us September 25,  (4 - 6 pm) for our

Canner's Swap & Celebration at the Haven! 

A celebration for all our community canners! 

Never been to a swap before?  Neither have we -- but after reading this blog, we decided we simply HAD to hold one!  We think this could be the start of something fun!


Register here to attend (it’s FREE!)


  1. Simply bring some of your best home-canned goods from 2011, and swap them, jar for jar, with your canning neighbors.  


  1. Remember, please, to label everything with your name, date, and contents. 


  1. You’ll probably be asked for recipes - please bring copies to share with the group.


  1. We’ll have a sampling table set up, and ask that you bring at least one jar for the group to try before the swap begins.  We’ll supply bread & crackers for sampling.


  1. Have something special you’d like to enter in our Blue Ribbon contest?  Our distinguished panel of judges will award $50 in market tokens to the grand prize winner! 

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  3. Please Register here to attend (it’s FREE!)


Door prizes  -- music --  munchies  -- and friends!


Here are some great online resources to help answer your canning questions, and offer inspiration to re-discover canning:


Ball’s FreshPreserving.com


The National Center for Home Food Preservation


And if you didn’t make it to our classes this summer, here’s a peak at the fun we had:

 

Watch as Scarlett, our junior jam maker, whips up a batch of Strawberry Freezer jam in less than ten minutes during the

Great Strawberry CRUSH

demo on May 21st.

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