Ball Presents "Can It Forward Day"

With fresh produce arriving in home gardens, Farmers Markets and CSAs, consumers are likely seeking ways to preserve the season’s ripest fruits and vegetables. Jarden Home Brands, makers of the Ball brand home canning products, is here to help make it easier than ever to learn to can with its 5^th annual Can-It-Forward Day, an international event that celebrates the joys of fresh preserving.  It will take place live from the Jarden Home Brands’ Fresh Preserving Test Kitchen on August 1.

Canning it Forward! From 11 a.m to 4 p.m EDT on August 1, Jarden Home Brands is hosting a live webcast of canning demonstrations, broadcasted from its brand new IN headquarters, on www.FreshPreserving.com. New this year, there will be an exciting celebrity Ball Mason jar auction. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Share our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign!

Made From Here– To emphasize the importance of using the best produce that is fresh and local to your community, Jarden Home Brands has partnered with four blogger ambassadors from across the country to share their preserving expertise during the webcast:

Food in Jars’ Marisa McClellan of Philadelphia, PA

Hoosier Homemade’s Liz Latham of LaPorte, IN

Southern Plate’s Christy Jordan of Hunstville, AL

Yesterday on Tuesday’s Malia Karlinsky of Seattle, WA