How to Make Blueberry Butter - Easily! With Step-by-step Directions, Photos, Ingredients, Recipe and Costs

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Yield: 7 to 9 pint jars

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There are many news stories about home canning, preserving, food drying/dehydrating, bottling and tinning as home food preservation is coming back in fashion again.  Whether it is due to a desire to save money, eat better, avoid chemical additives and preservatives or simply for the better taste and quality of home preserved foods, there are news stories popping up in many major magazines and newspapers.

 

I've started tracking links to those stories below!  Feel free to send me a link to a story about home food preservation that you found and I'll add it!

 

Home canning news stories

"Putting Up Produce: Yes, You Can" - Wall Street Journal, Thursday, October 15, 2009, Page D1

 

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This document was adapted from the "Complete Guide to Home Canning," Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539, USDA, revised 2006.

Reviewed May 2009.

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