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Connect with other IthaCan members to organize your own home food preserver gathering and to share information, field questions and experiences . Go to the Events or Forum/Groups pages to get started.

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Alison Fromme

Local Food Guide from Cornell Cooperative Extension

Posted by Alison Fromme on November 5, 2009 at 12:00pm

Alison Fromme

Free Canning and Freezing Instructions on the Web

Posted by Alison Fromme on September 8, 2009 at 11:36am

Alison Fromme

Local food news source open for consumption!

Posted by Alison Fromme on September 2, 2009 at 11:10am

Alison Fromme

Article Round-Up: food preservation in the news

Posted by Alison Fromme on August 30, 2009 at 1:23pm

Katie Quinn-Jacobs

Late Blight & Bonnie Plants

Posted by Katie Quinn-Jacobs on August 12, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

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IthaCan is a volunteer citizens' advocacy effort and recognizes front and center that it is neither infallible or all-knowing. So, use your common sense before following any advice found on this site.

IthaCan and its administrative members assume no responsibility for information disseminated from IthaCan or for what may occur at food preservation gatherings at other people's houses.

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Latest Activity

There are 150 members on IthaCan
5 hours ago
Alison Fromme replied to Shannon Haskins's discussion 'Rain Barrels' in the group Reducing Your Foodprint
It's been months since you started this thread, but I thought I'd mention that I just bought a rain barrel from the Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District http://www.tcswcd.org/. I'd suggest calling before you go to make sure they st...
6 hours ago
Patricia Haines and Paula Barry joined IthaCan
10 hours ago
Jennifer Maffett replied to Jennifer Maffett's discussion 'Sugar Alternatives' in the group Berries!
I don't have a photo handy, but I'll take one and upload. Here is more information. This reference doesn't mention it as a sugar replacement, but I'll try to remember where I heard about it. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Myrrhis+odorata
yesterday
Carlyn Buckler commented on Carlyn Buckler's event 'IthaCan Holiday Party!!'
Hi Valerie! I hope you can come, and yes, poor Beethoven will forever have that distinction in my head (I think its great, by the way! He DOES look like E.S.). Good luck on the gluten free turkey - and yes, it does make one want to raise your own...
yesterday
Valerie McMartin commented on Carlyn Buckler's event 'IthaCan Holiday Party!!'
you know, now I'm seing ebeneezer when I see the bust too. lol power of suggestion. Not sure if I"m coming or not yet. It would be fun, but gotta find out what everyone else's schedule is first. I'll let you know either way for sure in the 1st wee...
yesterday
Katie Quinn-Jacobs replied to Jennifer Maffett's discussion 'Sugar Alternatives' in the group Berries!
Sweet cicely is new to me too, Jen. Do you have any photos?
yesterday
Valerie McMartin might attend Carlyn Buckler's event
IthaCan Holiday Party!! at Ed and Carlyn Buckler's
December 13, 2009 from 5pm to 8pm
Hey, Everybody! Come celebrate our first Growing and Harvest season as IthaCan members! Bring an appetizer/munchie, and a Grab Bag - We will be doing a Preservers Grab Bag - so bring a small something you've canned, made, dried, churned, fermen...
yesterday
Valerie McMartin replied to Jennifer Maffett's discussion 'Sugar Alternatives' in the group Berries!
haven't tried that but please let us know if it works and if so how you did it.
yesterday
Katie Quinn-Jacobs added a discussion to the group Livestock
Field Dressing Deer
Just did my first assist field dressing a 10 point buck! It was less complicated than I imagined and didn't bother me at all. Maybe that old OR training factored in, but it seemed to fit. The woods, the deer, the hunter. Hard to explain. When the ...
yesterday
Jennifer Maffett added a discussion to the group Berries!
Sugar Alternatives
Hi, We planted bunches of currants in anticipation of making jam or dried currents at some point. It will be a while. In the meantime, we have also planted a bunch of sweet cicely which we've heard can be dried and used as a sugar alternative. Has...
yesterday
Jennifer Maffett joined Katie Quinn-Jacobs's group
Berries!
We love 'em large, small, seedy, smooth, red, green, white, black or blue...berries. How do you grow yours? How do you put 'em up to savor throughout the year? Berry talk goes here.
yesterday
deb thompson is now a member of IthaCan
Welcome Them!
on Saturday
Julie Nichols Kulik, Alison Fromme and Katie Quinn-Jacobs are attending Carlyn Buckler's event
IthaCan Holiday Party!! at Ed and Carlyn Buckler's
December 13, 2009 from 5pm to 8pm
Hey, Everybody! Come celebrate our first Growing and Harvest season as IthaCan members! Bring an appetizer/munchie, and a Grab Bag - We will be doing a Preservers Grab Bag - so bring a small something you've canned, made, dried, churned, fermen...
on Saturday
Katie Quinn-Jacobs replied to Katie Quinn-Jacobs's discussion 'Gas Drilling Public DEC Public Hearing - Thursday Night - State Theater, Ithaca' in the group Reducing Your Foodprint
Here's the link to the coalition letter put together by Walter Hang: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/coalition_letter At the hearing last Thursday, they were hoping to get 3000 signatures from local residents.
on Saturday
Katie Quinn-Jacobs commented on Carlyn Buckler's event 'IthaCan Holiday Party!!'
Tell Schroeder to take a chill pill...was just busting your chops. But it IS uncanny how much the maestro looks like the miser.
on Saturday

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IthaCan's Mission

IthaCan was created to help the people of Tompkins County, NY, meet up with others in our area who are interested in preserving food at home. You don't have to be an expert to get started, just have a willingness to learn and connect with like-minded people. The fun takes care of itself once you jump in.

Preserving food at home is important, because it...
• Is critical to the development of the local foodshed
• Builds community resiliency
• Encourages household self-reliance
• Can contribute significantly to individual efforts to lower carbon footprints
• Is a wonderful way to network with others, to learn and share.
 
 

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IthaCan is a web-based social network where home food preservers in Tompkins County organize food preserving events and share information.

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Farmers

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Books

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Recommended Websites

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Articles

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