Find Out the Who, What and Why's of Homecanning
Is homecanning a dying art or is it still one of America's favorite pastimes?
Below are the results of the last national homecanning survey taken by 250,000
random households across the United States for the Alltrista Consumer Products Company.
Who Is Homecanning?
56% of those surveyed have homecanned. That's over half of all Americans.
What Are They Canning?
62% Jams & Jellies
57.9% Vegetables
38.5% Pickles
38.0% Fruits
33.9% Tomato sauces
16.9% Salsas
15.4% Relishes
6.3% Meat
11.9% Other
Where Do They Get the Produce That They Can?
58% Their own garden
13% Someone else's garden
10% Farmer's Market or Roadside Stand
Why Do They Can?
They didn't want to waste what they had grown.
They liked the way their home-grown food tasted.
Other reasons in no particular order - To have control over what they ate -
avoid pesticides, preservatives. To be able to make dietary changes to meet
their needs. To preserve desired combinations of foods. To can as a tradition.
Because it's healthy. To give as gifts - in fact, 20% of all jars canned are given away!
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