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If you like smoked meats and cheeses, then this workshop is for you! Come join us for our Smoking Workshop and learn all about smoking from "brine to bacon"! We'll be demonstrating and discussing various curing techniques and then we'll demonstrate smoking in our circa 1817 original smokehouse. We'll also discuss modern smoking methods and build-your-own smokehouses.We are offering, for those interested: If participants wish to bring meat of their own for practice, then please message Chris…See More

Join IthaCanners as we visit Myer Farm Distillers, a new farm distillery on Route 89 in Ovid.Myer Farm uses organic grain from their own Farm—one of the largest and oldest currently operating organic farms in the Northeast United States—to craft distill a range of spirits. They currently offer tastings of their vodka made from soft white winter wheat, blueberry orange vodka (blueberries from Luce Farm), ginger vodka (ginger from the Good Life Farm), and more.See More

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We'll set up pickles from locally grown organic cukes using 3 different preservation techniques, making:•  fermented pickles•  canned pickles (BPA-free)•  refrigerator picklesExpenses for produce and jars and lids will be split among attendees, figure about $10/each.Limited to 10 participants.See More

Hey everyone!Thanks again to Katie for hosting the apple crushing event last fall. I brought my backyard Cortlands, and came home with 4 gallons of gorgeous cider. After waiting several months for my carboy-aged nectar to ferment, I'm getting ready to bottle in early to mid April!I've been saving up my thick beer and sparkling wine bottles and will do a bottle ferment to bring the fizz back! I still have to get a siphoning tube, since my friend Chris lent me his to do the racking a few months…See More

IthaCan will be tabling at this event!Celebrating the upcoming June release of Sandor Ellix Katz's new book "The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes From Around the World", the widely traveled educator and fermenter extraordinaire will visit Ithaca for three special events in Ithaca, NY from April 1 – 2, 2012. All events are free and open to the public: “Meet the Author” with short…See More

Whether we're in it for the meat, milk, eggs or manure, livestock (as the word itself suggests) is a way not only to produce food, but also preserve it.