littleGRASSE FOODWORKS: Cannery YEAH! Sunbury, OH

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Little Grasse is a garden project that feeds Canton area residents. Our CSA (community supported agriculture), encourages a meaningful connection with the foods you consume daily. This naturally grown food will be distributed weekly via an interactive share. Conveniently located a mile from downtown, we require member involvement in the garden during the growing season. Our base share is vegetables, but we also offer additional shares of meat (pork, chicken, lamb), and a sampler of various preserved foods. We welcome all people genuinely interested in gaining more knowledge of food issues and gardening skills.

This CSA project offers shareholders the experience of sharing in the bounty and risk of our efforts in and out of the garden. As members you are investing in the planting material (seeds, plants…), and if you opt for the livestock share, you’re investing in the animals that we raise.

7.23.2011

Cannery YEAH! Sunbury, OH

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salute the rooster!

A new cannery outside Columbus, OH. My mother and I had the great luck to tour it recently during a family visit, as my aunt Doian knows the sisters who created it. It’s a beautiful spot with a gleaming commercial kitchen, restored farmhouse and a thoughtful, playful landscape. This new venture clearly has a lot of support and hard work poured into it.

Jeannie and Susie offer both cooking and canning classes throughout the summer with seasonally available vegetables from their garden. One class combines the two: baking fresh bread and making a jam to slather on top. Beyond the classes, they rent out the space for individuals or groups to put up food on their own, after taking the 'Canning Basics,' session.

It was an inspirational visit and exchange of knowledge. Mom and I told them all about last years first annual Preserves Swap.

We’ve got a pile of ideas knocking around in our heads here at littleGrasse, and canning classes/group preservation projects rank up there. It’s an incredibly useful and rewarding skill. Anyone have ideas? How can we make it a reality here in the North Country?