Press

Press Releases

• Canning Across America hosts its fourth annual Can-a-rama July 20-23
• Canning Across America Spreads the Preserving Gospel, Plays Host to National Can-It-Forward Day, August 13, at Pike Place Market, 7/29/11
• Home Canning is Top Food Trend for Consumers Motivated to Eat Healthy, Fresh & Local, 5/17/11
• Countdown to the Canvolution: National Movement of Chefs, Food Writers & Home Cooks Revive the Art of Canning, 8/26/09
• Seattle Chefs, Food Writers & Home Canners Join the Canvolution, 8/26/09
• A Call to Join the Can-volution: Aug 29 & 30,  7/31/09
• Canning on the Rise With Younger Generations; Nearly 50 Percent of Canners This Year Aged 40 and Younger from Allrecipes.com, 8/12/09

Media

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/12/12 – The season is now to try, or to get back to, canning and pickling
• Jackson Sun, 7/3/12 – Not your granny’s canning: Follow these tips to ensure safe, tasty product
• Jackson Sun, 6/27/12 – Canning Foods 101: To safely can foods at home, follow this expert advice
• Seattle Weekly, 8/12/11 – Local Enthusiasts Can-It-Forward at Pike Place This Weekend
• Washington Post, 8/10/11 – The education of a can-vangelist
• Eco-Centric, 8/10/11 – Put ‘Em Up: Can It Forward
• Examiner, 8/10/11 – Canning Across America ‘Can-It-Forward’ Day August 13 at Pike Place Market
• Metro Times, 8/10/11 – Can-do spirit!
• The Commercial Appeal, 8/10/11 – Whining & Dining: Canning day keeps alive memories, food tradition
• Oregon Live, 8/9/11 – Small Bites: Hak’s BBQ Sauce, Culinary Boot Camp, Can-It-Forward Day
• Chicago Tribune, 8/8/11 – Learn how to can your summer bounty
• San Mateo Patch, 8/8/11 – Yes I Can Can
• Ventura County Star, 8/1/11 – Culinary projects celebrate can-do spirit
• The Columbus Dispatch, 7/27/11 – Can-do Crowd
• Moapa Valley Progress, 7/27/11 – Getting Ready To Can It Forward
• Mother Nature Network, 5/25/11 – 11 extreme ways to eat and drink closer to home
• Food Safety News, 4/26/11 – Preserving the Art of Canning Safely at Home
• NPR, 1/21/11 – Home Canning Enjoys New Popularity
• Seattle Times, 1/15/11 – What to make of all those home-canned goodies
• Seattle Magazine, September 2010 – Most Influential: Founder Kim O’Donnel
• The Washington Post, 9/15/10 – Have a Canning Party
• Seattle Met, August 2010 – We’ve Got It Covered
• Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine,7/31/10 – Old-fashioned canning becomes a modern passion
• Edible Seattle, July/August 2010 – Urban Foraging
• Toronto Globe and Mail, 9/25/09 – We Be Jamming
• Good.is, by  Peter Smith, 9/24/09- Yes, You Can
• Martha Stewart Living Radio, 8/27/09 – Morning Living Live
• KOMO Newsradio with Julien Perry, 8/27/09 – Side Dish
• KPLU “Food for Thought” with Nancy Leson & Dick Stein, 8/19/09 – Yes They Can Can
• Seriouseats 8/27/09 – Critic-Turned-Cook Steels Herself for Canning Season with Canning Across America
• DailyCandy, 8/25/09 – The Pickle-Down Effect
• Huffington Post, 8/24/09 – The United States of Canning
• The Herb Companion, 8/12/09 – Connect with Others Canning Across America
• Examiner, 8/5/09 – Seattle area classes and demonstrations on canning and preserving fruits and vegetables
• Sound Food, 7/31/09 – Join a Nationwide “Can-A-Rama”
• Slashfood by Kat Kinsman, 7/20/09 – Cans Across America
• True/Slant by Kim O’Donnel, 7/17/09 – Talkin’ ‘Bout a Can-volution (The article that started it all)

Books

• United States of Americana – Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement by Kurt Reighley

Blogs

• Food 52 by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs – It’s a Canvolution!
• Los Angeles Times “At Home” – Picklers unite: Canning Across America this weekend
• Boston’s “Homegrown” – Cans Across America: Hold a Canning Party
• Washington City Paper “Young & Hungry” – Join the Canning Revolution
• The Village Voice “Fork in the Road” – Get Pickled With Canning Across America
• Design Sponge – Small Measures with Ashley: Home Canning
• Al Dente – Save The Date: National Can-It-Foward Day This Weekend
• Blog Her – Celebrate National Can-It-Forward Day With Jam
• Mother Nature Network – National Can-It-Forward Day
• Food in Jars – Seattle Canning Update
• Cookus Interuptus – Let’s Put Up Some Jam
• The Gluten Free Girl by Shauna James Ahern – Canning and Preserving and Giving Away
• The Gluten Free Girl by Shauna James Ahern – A Party to Preserve the Season
• Planetary Apothecary by Stephanie Gailing – Yes We Can: Saturn in Virgo
• Eat All About It – Canning guide giveaway
• Meg in the Kitchen – Giveaway at Canning Across America
• Seattle Weekly “Voracious” – Fresh Fruit, Canning Across America, and Other Warm Fuzzy News
• Doris and Jilly Cook – Join the Canvolution
• The Preservery – Canning Across America
• Cannin’ & Jammin’ – Give Away by Canning Across America
• Fresh Picked Seattle – Canning and Preserving the Harvest -
• PCC “Stir Fry” – Join the Canvolution
• Trendscaping – Canning: another effort in reclaiming prior traditions
• Buy Local Food In Kitsap – Canning Across America comes to Bainbridge Island
• Planted at Home – Canning Across America, born in Seattle
• Jacqueline Church – Canning Event Stretches Across US
• Cook Local – On Canning
• The Cookbook Chronicles – Canvolution! Canning Across America
• The Pioneer Woman – Canning 101 and Strawberry Jam (Part 1)
• Leifheitht International USA – Canning is Cool Again
• Cake and Commerce – The Can-A-Rama Cantacular: We Can, and We Did!
• West Seattle Blog – Can it! Join West Seattleites for National Can-It-Forward Day
• Punk Domestics – Can-It-Forward Day Is August 13, 2011
• Dishing with Kathy Casey – Preserve the flavor of summer – Celebrate Can It Forward Day!
• Food in Jars – Demos, Classes, Can-It-Forward and Canning Week on Simple Bites
• Fresh Bites – Berries, Cherries, Cukes and More Kick Off National Can-It-Forward Day
• Shelteriffic – Jams across america: can-it-forward day is aug 13