Tariffs and Canning Supplies-what you need to know for 2025

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Welcome to the Perfectly Preserved Podcast. I'm your host Jenny Gomes. And I'm Anna Cash. Here we come together to bring you a podcast all about preserving food safely, easily, and dare I say, perfectly. At home. We are master food preservers moms wives, and we love talking about canning. ready to can like a master preserver. Let's get into today's episode.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 0:26

Welcome back to another episode of The Perfectly Preserved podcast. I'm Anna here with my co-host, Jenny. I am stoked for this episode that we are gonna be talking about today. We are going to tackle the subject of will the current tariffs in the United States change. How much things are going to cost in 2025 and beyond and what that looks like. gonna be talking about some of the American made products where you might not see as much cost fluctuation. So that's where we're gonna be today. Thank you so much for everyone who has left a review. If you haven't, go to that purple

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 1:03

Thank you.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 1:04

Con or wherever you, review podcasts and leave us a review. is our first season that we're gonna be on YouTube. So if you're finding us there, we still have two full seasons of previous content that you can binge. And we're just excited to be here with you today. Jenny, kick it off. What did we discover in our findings

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 1:28

Okay. so it's obviously on all of our minds hey, there's a lot of things happening politically and there's a lot of change, and we thought it would be awesome to tackle. How is that change going to affect food preservation? And I think the phrase we said was, we're gonna be timely, but not necessarily political. So this is gonna feel certainly timely. So we're recording in mid-April of 2025. And the article that we found that actually seemed pretty comprehensive and helpful for guiding this episode is an article by the Iowa State Extension Office and they covered where canning products are manufactured. And they wrote this in 2022, following the shortage and price fluctuation of the two thousands, 2001. We're gonna talk about where some of our canning products are made. Some brands I hadn't even heard of, which is fun to explore new canning brands. And we're gonna try and guide you to where your canning product prices will hopefully stay the same as opposed to experiencing a hike because of terrorists. So kicking it off anchor Hawking is a brand that is. Made in the USA and they are, I believe, manufactured in Indiana. Anna shared that Indiana is a well-known glass manufacturing location in the United States, and they carry Mason jars. And I have never used them, but I think that a person would be happy to give them a try. Anna, have you used Anchor Hawking?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 3:05

I have used Anchor Hawking in a pinch when I can't find ball or cur jars. But very rarely. They don't really I'm trying to think of where they stock them in my area.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 3:17

I think they're a Walmart. Standby. I think. I have used Anchor Hawking brand like casserole dishes and other glassware, but I've never purchased their canning bars. But I think that may be because if ball is just the standby that everybody has, and that might be why I've never had the need to purchase them. Anna, what's the next one on our list?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 3:38

Okay. So the next one on our list is called Country Classics. These jars and lids are made in China and distributed by a company in Ohio. I've actually never heard of this specifically. Customer reviews are mixed As of October, 2022 they reported lids buckling and seal failure. I would maybe steer clear of this brand.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 4:06

Yeah, it doesn't give a very glowing review.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 4:09

No.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 4:11

The next brand that we looked at or that's on this list is Denali, and this was a new brand to me. They have a pretty extensive website that looks robust in terms of offering pressure, canners, dehy lids and rings. They seem like they have a lot of products offered. And this article as of 2022. So they are currently manufactured in China, but they plan to expand US operations in the near future and their lids are made of a heavier gauge of steel and the lids according to customers seal well. And they also have an option to get refunds if you lids don't seal, which sounds all of that sounded promising. In reaching out to Denali, they did not respond immediately to my request to find out if they are manufacturing in the US yet. But if you were Denali you probably would be working towards that pretty quickly, if you could, to avoid those tariffs. So hopefully in the future they will be, or if they are not already, they'll be available in the us. Ha. And have you used Denali, Anna?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 5:17

I haven't, I've seen them like I said, I've seen them on YouTube, on homesteading accounts and things like that,

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 5:24

Awesome. That's a good start.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 5:26

Okay, so next on the list is four jars. This is a newer business that came out of the pandemic. this is a company that actually I have worked with a little bit in the past. They have a really strong affiliate program, and some other canners, that I know on Instagram. they are based out of, I believe it's Florida.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 5:52

That sounds right.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 5:53

are manufactured in China. yes, their production facilities are in, they're hoping to open production facilities in Florida by late 2022 or 2023. Great customer service. I don't use them all the time, but I have used them in the past and have had good experiences with them.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 6:14

So on their chat this morning preparing for this episode, I asked them, are your products made in the USA? And they said they are still manufacturing in China. We hope to finally bring it to the US by the end of this year. So not currently. So four jars is not currently available in or manufactured in the us.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 6:33

Yeah. And just so our listeners know, as of right now, April, 2025 I read that the tariffs from China coming to the United States are in the ballpark of 400%. So you will see probably some increase in prices on your lids from the companies that are importing from China.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 6:56

Yeah that's a big percent. I don't know if you're not a numbers person, that's a pretty significant increase

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 7:01

Right.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 7:02

That will mean something in terms of your decision making. The next brand on our list is Golden Harvest, and it's. On the market as a lower price line of home canning jars and lids. So sold by Newell Brands. So if you guys don't know this, Newell Brands owns Ball Kerr, Bernadine, or Bernadine, which is Canadian. Those are all owned by the same company now, and Golden Harvest is their lower price line. This extension website says that most home canners find the golden harvest jars and lids to be of good quality. The lids are manufactured in the us There is no wide mouth jars in the product line, and there's no website for customer service. So that's a mixed bag.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 7:50

you just reach out to that parent company of Newell. Okay, next one on the list is called Kilner, and it's an old English company. You might have seen it maybe at like higher end kitchen supply stores. Sometimes you'll see them in the shape of a fruit. They have swing top lids, they have lug lids. They have a lot of different, aspects to their company. Kilner makes their own lids, but standard two piece US market metal lids also fit these jars. The jars may come with recipes, but these should be ignored. Instead, recipes from a reputable source should be used. So I think that's maybe, I'm not sure, I guess I should look at the recipes before I judge, but I would imagine it's not tested recipes.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 8:37

Love the extension. Listen to that advice. That's just so calm. A spade. That's so great. I love it.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 8:44

Yeah. The jars come in milliliter sizes, not the US standard half pint and court jars. So processing times need to be considered. and then obviously more information can be found on the company's website. Their jars are currently being manufactured in China,

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 9:03

Okay. Another one bites the dust. That's too bad because they are really beautiful.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 9:08

Yeah.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 9:09

Okay, the next one on our list is Mainstay. The mainstay line is part of Walmart's offering that's like their home local brand, like Kirkland Signatures for Costco. So Mainstay is part of the Walmart lineup. As of 2022, it was unclear if they were going to continue manufacturing them. They were being made at the Anchor Hawking plant in Pennsylvania, and the lids were made by Health Mark, LLC, Jarden home. But it's, this is sharing a little bit of a lack of clarity in where these items are being made. According to 2020 customer reviews, which was a long time ago. Lids were thinner and some lids were defected right outta the box. The jars are listed as safe for home, canning and freezing, but they do not specifically mention pressure canning. I would say just based off of that, I wouldn't pressure can with them. Mainstay, BPA free plastic lids that fit mason jars are available. So that would be, not for canning, but for storing dry goods like ground coffee or beans or rice or whatever. Those are appropriate for storage, those lids. And they're available, but I believe made in China too. So with that they, some unknowns. Some vagueness, some outdated information. I would maybe pass on that one in favor of one of our other options.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 10:31

Yeah. I have you used mainstay brand jars before?

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 10:37

I haven't, I actually gave up shopping at Walmart in the fall of 2009 and I went there this fall to buy a light fixture in a pinch, but I haven't, I have not been. Let's just, it turns out you don't actually need to go there. Yeah.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 10:48

It's one of those things where maybe you're in a pinch or you live in Rural area with not very many options. So you do go

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 10:55

Totally.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 10:56

I went there for jars, I wanna say, during the pandemic, and they only had mainstay. And so I tried'em and they. We're definitely bottom of the barrel. I remember

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 11:08

Oh,

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 11:09

ceiling, had a huge seal failure rate. So I don't recommend that brand at all.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 11:17

right. I've heard that they break easily, but that's just anecdotally I've heard that mains, stagers break. So that's purely anecdotal what I've heard. But, that doesn't give me much confidence. Give us the next one, Anna.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 11:29

Okay, so the next one is called Orchard Road. The jars and lids are made in China. Following stringent guidelines per AC company spokesperson, the ceiling compound is made. In the United States in Pennsylvania, a company spokesperson said the entire canning product line has been tested by an independent lab against ball products and found to perform just as well. Azure Standard asserts that they provide consumers with high quality canning products at reasonable prices. If you don't know who Azure Standard is, they are like the gold standard of. Purchasing in bulk. I have lots of friends who order their wheat, their rice, their, anything from Azure Standard. They just have a really high quality. So I would be interested to try out Orchard Road. But they are made in China, so you might see a price increase there.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 12:25

I'm glad that we mentioned Azure Standard because they are I have never used them. But my sister raves about it. They just really do seem to have a very user friendly way of buying good quality products in bulk. And if you click on their canning supply section, they offer Azure canning co canning jars, and I'm looking right now to see where they're made and I'm not seeing it. I might interrupt our show once if I find it, but, they do carry a wide variety of good quality products and they might just be useful for you guys to know that it's something worth checking out.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 13:00

Great. Yeah. We'll keep you updated on that as we go down the list and maybe Jenny will have some better answers as we go.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 13:07

The next one on the list is Pure Mason. So Pure Mason jars are manufactured in China and distributed by a company in Colorado. I did we do a whole episode about Pure, because I feel like we did And they were available during Covid. Yeah. And they were available during COVID and they have great customer service as we remember. Anna will tell you about her experience. The jars are lead free. The BPA lids are now in the market and are heavier, have a thicker coating of enamel and an improved ceiling compound. So they're a good lid that are probably gonna go up in price because they're made in China. That's too bad. Anna, what was your experience with Pure Mason?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 13:50

Sure. During COVID at my favorite farm store called Smith and Edwards, they had Of pure lids. And,

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 13:58

Right.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 13:58

purchased a lot because they weren't too expensive and I had never heard of this brand because they were brand new. And when I got home a couple of the boxes, the flats were just smashed on each other you couldn't really use them to can, they were just smashed. And so I reached out to the company and said, Hey, I had three or four boxes of these out of the 10 that I bought that looked like this. I sent them a picture and they were very responsive, really quick to send replacements. Their customer service was absolutely excellent, and I had really great experience with the company. But like Jenny said, they are manufactured in China, so you A higher price point in 2025. So just something to keep in mind. But their customer service is excellent and we did a whole episode all about Pure Mason. Okay, so next on the list is Tatler known for their reusable lids since 1976. Tatler began producing one-time use lids in October, 2022. The disposable lids feature extra thick metal for durability and double BPA coating on the underside to deter corrosion. There we go. The flat lids are designed to be used with TA's existing rubber gasket ring. For those of you that have never used a Tatler lid, it is a thick, I wanna say it's like a white. Lid that you use and you have a rubber ring on the bottom that's separate from it, and it does take a little bit of practice. Jenny and I were just talking about how we wanna try tatler lids this year and just Go and see fuss is about, and see if they're worth it.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 15:42

I never have used them and I know that will be our job, right? To test them out for you. For a regular person who's preserving, it's hard to try out a new thing. Like when we have a whole episode about WEC jars. And we're gonna talk about those in a minute, but, even if we love them, you have all these other jars that are not so it's just hard to convert, so to speak to a different jar, size, different lids'cause you already have so much product that's different. It would take a significant commitment to that new thing to get several dozen jars and lids in the sizes that you wanted in that new brand. But. Toddler lids could be really cool. And if they're made America, they may be the most affordable thing you could do. So that's definitely gonna be something that you'll hear from us in season three. So stay tuned for more about Toddler. True Living is the next brand on our list, and both jars and lids are made in China and they're distributed by a company in Tennessee. They're lighter in weights than some other brands and sometimes found in the craft section of stores rather than in the kitchen section. And I think that's a way of them saying, without coming out and saying that, if you find the jar in the craft section, like Home goods or Joanne's or Michael's they aren't actually probably the best choice for canning. They're probably lower in quality. More appropriate for putting a handle in or using as a centerpiece with some sunflowers or whatever that some sort of event. The box says they're dishwasher safe, and BPA free lids have mixed reviews. I think we're gonna put that in the skip column. True living.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 17:17

Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't sound that great.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 17:20

no.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 17:21

so next on the list is we home canning jars. These are made in Germany and are well known in Europe. You might see these at again, like a really nice kitchen supply store. They do have them in other places. We contacted WEC and did a whole episode about it, I believe in season two.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 17:41

I think so.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 17:43

we really liked it. It was a Type of, canning because you use clamps and like metal clamps that you put on this glass top lid with a rubber ring. And it does take some getting used to, but they're gorgeous. They work well. If you don't do very much canning, it can be great for you. The jars are a bit more expensive, though, quite a bit

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 18:07

And they're not readily available. You're not gonna find cases of we jars on Facebook marketplace unless you are such a lucky thrifter. In which case go, you buy all of them. They're exceptionally beautiful, just so pretty, so classy. William Sonoma sells'em. If that tells you, they're just really chic to me.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 18:26

Yeah.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 18:27

countryside, even though they're German. It's just, it's such a bummer that they're not made in the US but they're pretty fantastic. Other than the fact that they're probably gonna go up in price. That's that's wc. Yeah. It may, I don't know. I don't know what will happen with w They are really cool. If you can get'em used, I'd get'em. They're really neat. In terms of their reusable lids, I think they are easily the best looking. I think the thing about TOR is like they look like just not very pretty. Sorry. Tor. White is nice, but the Weck is way prettier. They're definitely the prettiest option in terms of they're 10 outta 10 photogenic. And whereas toddler, it's not. But that's not necessarily important at all, especially for the topic of it. That's good.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 19:16

a

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 19:17

It's not matters a little bit. Anna had some good, a few things that we're gonna mention that were not on this article from Iowa State Extension. Tell us about Fillmore Container Anna.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 19:28

Okay, so Fillmore Container is a company that I used when last year I was doing my big Christmas market. needed to purchase jars in bulk, and the place that I was looking was a store called, or a company called Fillmore Container. They And tons of bottles and jars, bulk lids and caps, candle supplies, canning supplies, et cetera, et cetera. And you can go through and see the country of origin for these canning jars. A lot of them, the lids are made in the United States. The jars are made in the United States specifically like Arkansas Glass Container. There's Indiana Glass Company. This one real quick. Arkansas glass container. Yeah. The I would call it the Midwest has a real history of, glass, right? Like Indiana Glass Company, they and Fenton Glass in West Virginia. There's just like a real strong history of glass making in the United States. If you can find a company in the United States that's manufacturing still here I would recommend reaching out to them. I am going to be putting another big order in because I hope I'm crossing my fingers that I get back into that Christmas market, for December, and I do need to order those jars pretty soon. Like I don't wanna wait until the last minute, but I also won't know I am into the market, I think until the middle of May, beginning of June.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 21:02

That'll be here before you know it, unfortunately. But that we're all crossing our fingers for you. That was so fun to follow along with your journey there. In terms of other canning products that you might be interested in exploring? Pomona's. Pectin is a really cool type of pectin that can be added to jams and jellies to give it stiffness if you are canning a fruit that doesn't naturally have much naturally occurring. Pectin and pomona's pectin, I'm reading two different things where the company is based out of Washington state. But it looks like Pomona's, universal pectin is made in Italy, so that might be problematic.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 21:42

S.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 21:43

That might be a problem in terms of price.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 21:46

no, I reached out to

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 21:47

Tell me.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 21:47

to see about. it wholesale. And she said that they are a one family company out of California,

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 21:56

So on Pomona's Pomona Pectin.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 21:59

new.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 22:00

On Pomona pectin.com, it says, where is Pomona's Universal? Pectin made Italy. This isn't a blog. It's their website. So maybe both things can be true. Maybe it's made in Italy, but the company is in Washington. I don't know, but I'm reading it right now.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 22:15

Great.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 22:17

Great. And then we were thinking about other possible things that are gonna cost or, everything's, everything costs something. One salt company that Anna and I like is Redmond Salt Company. And when you're using salts that are not specifically canning salt, we have a, I think we have a whole episode about that, but canning salt is salt that has no additives. And it is purified so that the brine that you create with a canning salt is clear. And it's actually important sometimes for it to be clear because then you can see if there is some sort of spoiler growth or problems therein. So canning with salt that isn't canning salt isn't necessarily a safety issue, but it is recommended to use canning salt. All that said, Redmond salt is an American salt brand that. Something that you could use in other types of food preservation and just enjoying on your table. So I thought I would mention that particular brand. What can you add, Anna?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 23:11

and that's manufactured and mined here in Utah. and I've worked with them before and I think they're great.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 23:19

Yeah.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 23:20

makes because it is this specific mind salt, it isn't super pure and clean, looking like a kosher salt or a table salt. So do know that it will make your RINs kind of cloudy if you use it.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 23:36

So the last thing to discuss when talking about food preservation is the price of the food you're gonna be preserving. That's something that's gonna be a little bit harder for us to give a prediction on. Certainly some things are gonna be more expensive, and I think one great tactic that you could employ without diving too deep into the economics of it is Anna's been such a great example of foraging, making friends with people that have trees in your area, reaching out to local groups. And just connecting with those around you so that you can avoid the whole machine there with the price rollercoaster that you probably wanna avoid. And we've talked about that on lots of episodes. Anna just sets a really great example of being community minded and thinking about how to approach people and their trees and what can you add to that, Anna?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 24:25

Thank you. I absolutely love doing that. I feel really blessed to live where I live here in northern Utah because there are so many trees, fruit trees that go unpicked. We have. An aging population and we have I feel like a historic amount of fruit trees in my neighborhood that

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 24:42

I think so.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 24:43

I think it's really a special place that I live and I'm really lucky. One thing you can also do besides just asking people if they're going to pick their trees, is also reach out to farms and ask if they need weekend help in exchange for maybe a CSA share we know that right now, I'm not trying to be political here, but ICE has been very active in deporting people that are here legally and illegally in the country. And a lot of those are farm workers,

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 25:14

Yeah.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 25:15

Come here seasonally to pick our produce. And you likely will see, an expense that will come through in grocery

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 25:24

Yeah.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 25:24

or farm stands as they struggle to find people to pick produce.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 25:30

And they'll probably have to pay those people more. Presumably. I would. I, that's what I would bet. So I think that price will be passed on to the consumer. I think it is safe to predict that and to get around that. I think that you could do well to get comfortable with, approaching people communicating in Facebook groups or local buy nothing groups or those nextdoor groups I was thinking about my local area that's very rural and as farms over the last a hundred years have gone from producing many products to fewer and fewer products. So many times a farm would have fruit trees, they would grow hogs, they would have beef cattle, they would have chickens. I think a trend in ag has been to produce fewer and fewer, but the remnants of that are still there. So that many in my area many cattle ranches also have fruit trees, dropping fruit, have blackberry vines, raspberry vines have the leftovers of that different type of ag economy where one farm would have many products and I would think.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 26:33

Yeah.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 26:33

That even if you got a No, it would be a very warm, Hey, thanks for asking, but I already got somebody who's gonna pick that fruit. I think that if you were to find someone with a fruit tree or with that option available to them, even if you got a No, I bet it would be a nice No. Or you might get a big yes. A big yes and then you would have free produce that would otherwise go to waste. So I know for some people that's really. Hard, but yeah. Anna, tell us how to do it.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 27:01

No, I was just gonna say that's absolutely right. Like I have met more grateful people that want their produce to get used. They want their fruit not Ground because it can be messy. And it does bring

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 27:13

Yeah.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 27:13

and rodents and wildlife, but they would rather it go to people to eat. I think one of the. Things that I try to focus on in my business is just also taking half of that food to the food bank. I think there's a lot of people that don't realize how many people are actually hungry in their community because maybe it's not as glamorous or maybe not talked about. It can be a point of shame for people. They're like embarrassed to say that they are hungry, that they cannot afford food. And I think it's a really simple. Point A to point B, like you have, you pick extra produce and you take it to your local food bank. There's very little barriers to entry. I feel like in your local community for donating.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 28:02

So if someone thought I have extra produce, like I asked someone, I got brave, I picked the apples off of their tree, or their pomegranates or their cherry, whatever, I have extra. Who would you direct? A person to like a local church or how, if you were like in a place unknown, how would you direct them to getting a place to donate their produce?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 28:24

Oh, that's a great question. We have such an amazing resource in the internet. I know it gets a lot of hate, but. Being able to just Google local food banks in my area Contacting them and just saying, do you

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 28:38

Great.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 28:38

drop off times or hours? Are there specific food items that you take? Because I know that there are certain food banks that it's not always, but like sometimes food banks will only take prepackaged food. I don't know why. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, because like usually people in poverty or lower income groups don't get enough fresh fruit and veg. I have run into that only one time. My local area I donate to Catholic Community Services and then a couple other smaller local food banks.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 29:10

Great. So just go.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 29:11

What do you see?

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 29:13

I would say if it were a person in my area, I would Google local food bank. And because I think there's one in the next town over that's not religiously affiliated, but many are. And don't let that deter you. If you're a person who doesn't attend that particular church or doesn't attend any church, that they're not gonna check for your rosary or your ID card when you drop off your pairs, you can just be a person who makes a donation and. In Oregon where my sister lives, there is this really cool thing where they distribute food. And it is clearly, to me, it looks like it's clearly packaged, like it was going to go to a grocery store, and either it's the misfits, the ugly shapes or overruns are too much overstock or whatever. And it's all perishables, it's all produce. It's held at a church, and I think it might be like the non-denominational Christian Church in her little teeny tiny town. And I'm talking tiny, and it's every Thursday for like over six months. It's the most incredible thing. You sign your name on a little notepad, but you don't like, that's it. You just write your name and then everyone says a very very vanilla Christian prayer. We all pray for two seconds at the beginning, and then the line just moves like little clockwork and everyone gets a gigantic box of produce. It's incredible and all that food would've gone to waste. It's amazing. So if you're a person who is listening to this and you know you're thinking about your food budget for the year, there are programs like that even in the tiniest, most rural places. There's options for produce, drop off, produce pickup. If you're a person who could use that ease in your food budget, don't be afraid to check that out because. I'm happy to stand in a line with some cool ladies and listen to a prayer. You don't even have to pray. You could just stand there quietly, like you're saying, the Pledge of Allegiance or something and then get this huge box of produce.

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 30:56

Yeah.

jenny-gomes_3_04-16-2025_102510: 30:57

So anyway, we're giving. We think we've covered a lot. Anna, I'm sorry. This episode is gonna be so long. Anna's now gonna be taking over our editing for us, which is no small feat. She'd probably be rather canning any day of the week. But, she's the girl with a good internet connection. So we better wrap this episode up. Thank you guys so much for being here. If you are new here, welcome. The first 10 episodes of our podcast are perfect for beginners. Just talks about the equipment you need, the stuff you need to get started, the process and you can check those out, especially if you're brand new. Be sure to follow us on social media. Anna does so much on Instagram. She's at Smart Home Canning, and I'm at the domestic wildflower at your local bookstore. Ask for the Pressure Canning Cookbook. My book all about pressure canning. If you want Anna and I to speak at your event, please email Perfectly Preserved podcast at Gmail and let us know. We're open to travel speaking opportunities and we love teaching live classes. Anything to add, Anna?

anna_3_04-16-2025_112510: 31:52

No, that's it. This was really great. I love this episode.

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