Got this from Freeper PhilDragoo Which says it all:
Posted on 02/09/2009 12:36:11 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny
>>>when it talks of loosely packing the meat, covering it with boiling water and leaving 1 1/4 inch of head space<<<
The loosely packed is so that the water will be able to fill in all the spaces and conduct the heat uniformly. So, you can pack it down a bit, just so you can get the water down there.
>>>About 2 1/2 chicken breasts cut up, to be exact. Does this sound right?<<<
Hmmm, Broiler, frier, stewer (small, medium, large) My Buff Orpingtons were pretty large, I got about 2 1/2 - would get more with broilers. I do press it down a bit rather than just super loose filling.
Remember not to rush the cool down... Most seal failures occur from trying to cool it too fast. - Strangely, don’t leave them in after pressure gets down to zero (like overnight if you were tired from a long day canning.) Many seals will fail if you do. (I have no clue as to why and have not seen experts have a really good explanation, except that it does.)
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2009
Release # 09-237
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Mattel, Fisher-Price to Pay $2.3 Million Civil Penalty for Violating Federal Lead Paint Ban
Penalty is highest ever for CPSC regulated product violations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of its commitment to protecting the safety of children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Mattel Inc., of El Segundo, Calif. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y. have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for violating the federal lead paint ban.
The penalty settlement, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, resolves CPSC staff allegations that Mattel and Fisher-Price knowingly (as defined in the Consumer Product Safety Act) imported and sold children’s toys with paints or other surface coatings that contained lead levels that violated a 30-year-old federal law. In 1978, a federal ban was put in place which prohibited toys and other children’s articles from having more than 0.06 percent lead (by weight) in paints or surface coatings. In 2007, about 95 Mattel and Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceeded this limit. Lead can be toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health consequences.
This civil penalty, which is the highest for violations involving importation or distribution in commerce of a regulated product and is the third highest of any kind in CPSC history, settles the following allegations:
Mattel imported up to 900,000 non-compliant toys between September 2006 and August 2007, including the “Sarge” toy car and numerous Barbie accessory toys, and distributed most of them to its retail customers for sale to U.S. consumers. The “Sarge” car was recalled in August 2007 and the Barbie toys were recalled in September 2007.
Fisher-Price imported up to 1.1 million non-compliant toys between July 2006 and August 2007, including certain licensed character toys and the Bongo Band, GEOTRAX locomotive, and Go Diego Go Rescue Boat toys. Most of these toys were distributed to retail stores for sale to consumers. The licensed character toys were recalled in August 2007, the Bongo Band and GEO TRAX toys were recalled in September 2007, and the Go Diego Go Boat toys were recalled in October 2007.
“These highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressional action last year to strengthen CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead paint on toys,” said CPSC Acting Chairman Thomas Moore. “This penalty should serve notice to toy makers that CPSC is committed to the safety of children, to reducing their exposure to lead, and to the implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.”
This settlement also resolves other potential matters. In agreeing to the settlement, Mattel and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingly violated federal law, as alleged by CPSC staff.
To see this release on CPSC’s web site, with links to the previous recalls and settlement agreement, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09237.html
Sustainable Agriculture News Briefs - June 3, 2009
Weekly sustainable agriculture news and resources gleaned from the Internet by NCAT staff for the ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service Web site. The Weekly Harvest Newsletter is also available online (http://attra.ncat.org/newsletter/archives.html#wh).
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News & Resources
* Some States Still Accepting Organic EQIP Applications
* Organic Pricing Data Now Available
* Minnesota Conservation Funding Guide Available
* Iowans Can Register Crops For ‘No Spray’ Areas
* Soils Evaluated for Carbon Holding Potential
* USDA To Survey Goat Industry
Funding Opportunities
* Southern SARE Planning Research and Education Grant
* Rangeland Research Program
* U.S. EPA Region 8 Sustainable Practices and Regional Priorities Grant Program
Coming Events
* A National Conference on Farm and Ranch Access, Succession, Tenure and Stewardship
* 4-State Dairy Conference
* Putting Oilseeds & Grains into your Rotation - Organic No-till and Cover Cropping
News & Resources
Some States Still Accepting Organic EQIP Applications
http://ofrf.org/policy/federal_legislation/farm_bill_implementation/eqip_oi_resource_page.html
USDA is allocating $50 million of funds through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to be set aside for a new Organics Initiative to assist organic farmers and those transitioning to organic. According to the NRCS, some states have extended the deadline to apply for the EQIP Organic Initiative past May 29th. States not listed will still continue to accept applications, but may not be able to fund them in 2009.
Related ATTRA Publication: Accessing the (EQIP) Organic Initiative for Conversion or Expansion
http://attra.ncat.org/eqip/
Organic Pricing Data Now Available
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/OrganicPrices/
The Economic Research Service released a data set that provides farmgate and wholesale prices for certain organic and conventional fruits and vegetables, wholesale prices of organic and conventional eggs and broilers, and f.o.b. and spot prices for organic grain and feedstuffs.
Minnesota Conservation Funding Guide Available
http://www.mda.state.mn.us/protecting/Conservation/funding.htm
Minnesota farmers and landowners can now use a new online tool to get key information about financial assistance for conservation projects. Developed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA), the new Minnesota Conservation Funding Guide is a ‘one-stop’ resource for information about agricultural and natural resource conservation practices and payments. The guide provides quick access to overviews of more than 50 soil conservation, water quality, feedlot management, wildlife habitat and other practices, with side-by-side payment comparisons.
Related ATTRA Publication: Federal Resources for Sustainable Farming and Ranching
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/federal_resources.html
Iowans Can Register Crops For ‘No Spray’ Areas
http://www.iowaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=509&yr=2009
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey reminded Iowa’s sensitive crops producers and apiarists that the aerial spray season will begin in June and encouraged them to register sites with pesticide sensitive crops on the Department’s Sensitive Crops Registry (http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/Horticulture_and_FarmersMarkets/sensitiveCropDirectory.asp). ‘The information you post to the Registry’s website and the markers you place around your fields will help pesticide applicators locate your operations and minimize the chance of drift damage to your sensitive crops and hives,’ Northey said. Commercial fruit and vegetable growers, commercial vineyards and orchard owners, commercial organic crop producers or apiarists in the state of Iowa are eligible to register the locations of their hives or commercial crops or validate their 2008 information for the 2009 calendar year on the site.
Related ATTRA Publication: Sources of ‘Spraying Prohibited’ Signs for Organic Farms
http://attra.org/attra-pub/sprayingpro.html
Soils Evaluated for Carbon Holding Potential
http://www.extension.org/pages/Clemson_Scientists_Evaluate_Soils_for_Holding_Earth%E2%80%99s_Surplus_Carbon
Soils play a vital role in dealing with the environmental impacts of rising atmospheric carbon levels — primarily carbon dioxide — from natural and human activities. Clemson University soil scientists are studying soil types, ranking them on their ability to hold carbon and preventing it from returning to the atmosphere for eons. A team of Experiment Station scientists from Clemson University and Virginia Tech analyzed the 12 major soil groups in the continental United States, ranking them for their potential ability to form new soil inorganic carbon based on average annual atmospheric wet deposition of calcium, or the amount of ionic calcium present in rainfall. The soil orders receiving the highest area-normalized total wet deposition of ionic calcium were Alfisols and Mollisols, non-arid soils that typically are associated with the “bread-basket” regions of the United States.
Related ATTRA Publication: Agriculture, Climate Change, and Carbon Sequestration
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/carbonsequestration.html
USDA To Survey Goat Industry
http://www.pennsylvaniaagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=423&yr=2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking an in-depth look at the productivity and health management issues facing the meat, dairy, and fiber segments of the U.S. goat industry in an effort to help further the understanding of potential disease threats. Conducted through USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), the Goat 2009 Study (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/goats/#goat09) marks the first time NAHMS has focused on goat operations. From July through mid-August, representatives from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey selected goat operations in 21 states.
More Breaking News (http://attra.ncat.org/news/)
Funding Opportunities
Southern SARE Planning Research and Education Grant
http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/callpage.htm
The Southern Region USDA Program on Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) funds systems research projects that are undertaken by interdisciplinary and often multi-institutional teams. Bringing together such teams takes both time and expense. To be effective, teams should use shared leadership and group process as the dominant mode of planning. The goal of a SSARE Planning Grant is to develop and submit a full sustainable agriculture systems research proposal to a funding institution, not necessarily Southern SARE.
Proposals are due August 15, 2009.
Rangeland Research Program
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=qnhkKfmVKYJnJghYxKmsX5PhyzT15TyQpmNyV1mTPL0kNLs83k44!1550745562?oppId=47563&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW
The goal of RRP is to contribute to the improvement of U.S. rangeland resources and the ecosystem services they provide. RRP supports the development of new and emerging rangeland science methodologies which specifically address the interrelationships between multiple disciplines. The primary purpose of RRP is to provide U.S. agricultural producers, rural landowners, and land managers with integrated science strategies to make informed land management decisions with an emphasis on enhancing the restoration and sustainable integrity of rangelands.
Proposals are due July 7, 2009.
U.S. EPA Region 8 Sustainable Practices and Regional Priorities Grant Program
http://www.epa.gov/region8/grants/
Region 8 is competitively seeking project proposals that will achieve measurable environmental and public health results as these relate to Sustainable Practices within the Regional priority areas of:
~ Clean Air and Global Climate Change
~ Agriculture
~ Healthy Communities and Ecosystems
Proposals are due November 14, 2005.
More Funding Opportunities (http://attra.ncat.org/funding/)
Coming Events
A National Conference on Farm and Ranch Access, Succession, Tenure and Stewardship
http://www.farmlasts.org/conference.htm
June 10-11, 2009
Denver, Colorado
How land is acquired, stewarded and passed on will shape the future of U.S. agriculture. This is the first national conference to address these critically important issues. The purpose of the conference is to gather, share and evaluate successful and new approaches and tools to address land access, succession and stewardship. The target audience is Extension and other educators, agricultural service professionals, agency staff, farm and other non-governmental groups, and policymakers.
4-State Dairy Conference
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2009/apr/062201.htm
June 10-11, 2009
Dubuque, Iowa
Timely topics to improve dairy producer profitability will highlight the 2009 Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference June 10 and 11 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
Putting Oilseeds & Grains into your Rotation - Organic No-till and Cover Cropping
http://extension.unh.edu/events/index.cfm?e=app.event&event_id=19181
June 13, 2009
Durham, New Hampshire
This workshop will feature farm tours and will cover topics including no-till and organic cropping systems, organic weed management, and cover crops.
More Events (http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/)
New & Updated Publications
Comparing Energy Use in Conventional and Organic Cropping Systems
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/05/26/comparing_energy_use_in_conventional_and
Completing Your Application for Organic Certification
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/04/29/completing_your_application_for_organic
Equipo para Producción Aviar Alternativa
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/new_pubs.php/2009/01/09/equipo_para_produccion_aviar_alternativa
Question of the Week
What information can you give me on varieties of lavender?
http://attra.ncat.org/calendar/question.php/2009/06/01/what_information_can_you_give_me_on_vari
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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 3, 2009
Release # 09-232
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (888) 711-4656
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Hair Dryers Recalled by Vintage International Due to Electrocution Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: National and Sanyo Hand-Held Hair Dryers
Units: About 2,300
Importer: Vintage International Inc., of Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Hazard: The hair dryers are not equipped with an immersion protection device to prevent electrocution if the hair dryer falls into water. Immersion protection devices, which prevent electrocution, are required by industry safety standards for all electric hand-held hair dryers.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves National and Sanyo hand held hair dryers. The hair dryers are made of plastic and chrome with a fold up handle and were sold in blue, pink, white and black colors. Model numbers EH-5202, EH-5215, EH-5216, EH-7911, EH-7912, or EH-7913 and “National” and “Sanyo” can be found on the hair dryer’s blower nozzle or handle.
Sold at: Various retail stores in the Los Angeles area from January 2007 through August 2008 for between $20 and $40.
Manufactured in: Thailand
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled hair dryers and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund or free replacement.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Vintage International toll free at (888) 711-4656 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09235.html
>>>How again do I test a seal?<<<
If the center is not sucked down, it has not sealed. If you just push down a bit on the center of the lid, it should not pop like a childs clicker (remember those little froggy things?).
The pushing a bit on the side comes tomorrow when you take the rings off. Then wash the jars and dry them - then onto the shelf!
I really doubt that the leakage into the cooker came from a failed seal. Remember, it had to vent some of that bubbling air out of the jar to create a vacuum. It is normal to get a bit of aroma and juice in the canner - particularly if you don’t leave right amount of headspace. Most likely if you have a failed seal, it will be because there was something on the rim, jar was overfilled or grease (fat) kept it from making a good seal.
RELAX... Listen for the ping chorus... (should have already heard it by now.)
Ancient Chinese food gardening culture
The Man Who Loved China- The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked
the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
by Simon Winchester
The
great Sinologist Joseph Needham (1900-1995) is a legend for his Science
and Civilization in China, an encyclopedic account of China’s
achievements in science and technology. Presently there are 24 volumes
in his classic series. On his first day in China in 1943, he saw a
gardener at work and this set in motion his magnum opus.
Self-sufficiency on a barge in New York City - five month project
Built
atop a refabricated 99 ft x 31ft construction barge, the Waterpod is about
as DIY as it gets: Living units have been constructed from found or
donated materials. Most of the food will be produced onboard; the
garden will grow beets, potatoes, corn, raspberry bushes and a variety
of greens, and eggs will be available from the six birds in the chicken
coop, which also provide fertilizer. All water is acquired through a
rainwater-catch system, and bathroom facilities include a dry-compost
toilet and a solar-heated shower.
Harvesting a worm bin - apartment composting video 2
Once
you’ve had your worm bin for a few months and the worms have turned
your food scraps into soil, you need to separate the worms from the
compost so you can use the worms again in fresh bedding - and put the
finished compost to work in your garden.
These
26 photos are part of a larger collection of documents soon to be
housed at Ryerson University in Toronto in the Jac Smit Memorial
Library of Urban Agriculture.
Under the merger arrangement,
TUAN’s (The Urban Agriculture Network’s) comprehensive library of
documents and materials on urban agriculture will be transferred to
Toronto, Canada and supervised by Joe Nasr. Once it is re-established,
the collection will be named the Jac Smit Memorial Library of Urban
Agriculture and will be made available for use of researchers and
practitioners worldwide.
Comic Richard Lewis supports food growing on walls
Urban
Farming has established the Urban Farming Food Chain, a vertical
farming project. The Food Chain consists of edible food-producing wall
panels mounted on walls of buildings, growing fresh organic produce.
The wall systems of the Food Chain concept are as links connecting to
each location by intention and design, as well as presenting a new
definition for the familiar term, ‘food chain’. Los Angeles is the
pilot city for the Urban Farming Food Chain, a project we will
replicate in other cities.
Harvest Time - 1943 Whiskey Ad
Harvest Time, 1943
America makes the best of everything!
Americans
are making the best use of their week-ends and vacations by helping
bring in the crops. And many are making the best use of Schenley Royal
Reserve by saving it for special occasions. All the Schenley
distilleries are producing vital alcohol for war purposes only.
Growing Green: An Inventory of Public Lands Suitable for Community Gardening in
Seattle, Washington
Planners
and policy-makers in the United States and around the world are
increasingly recognizing the importance of food systems planning.
Effective food systems planning at the local and regional levels offers
tools to address some of the major challenges faced by modern cities,
including high rates of joblessness, poverty, and hunger along with
growing environmental problems related to fossil fuel dependency and
resource consumption. Urban agriculture, mainly in the form of
community gardens, is one of the many food systems planning strategies
that different cities have been using to address these kinds of
problems.
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City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 4, 2009
Release # 09-236
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 231-4231
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
Children’s Loungewear Recalled by Warm Biscuit Bedding Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Children’s Loungewear Garments
Units: About 9,500
Distributer: Warm Biscuit Bedding Co., of New York, N.Y.
Hazard: The loungewear garments fail to meet children’s sleepwear federal flammability standards which require sleepwear, including loungewear, to be either snug-fitting or flame resistant.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: This recall involves loungewear sets for children described as “Lounge-Around-the-Housewear”, “Lounge-About-Housewear” or “Short sets.” The garments were sold in a variety of styles, colors and printed fabrics. They were sold in sizes S (1-2 yr), M (2-3 yr), L (3-4 yr), XL (4-5 yr), 6 yr, 7 yr and 8 yr. All of the garments have a label on the inside that says: “These garments do NOT comply with the Federal Flammability Standards and therefore are not suitable for sleepwear”. The style numbers are 301101, 301102 and 301103 and are located on the packaging.
Sold by: Warm Biscuit Bedding catalogs and Web site from January 2000 through March 2009 for between $39 and $45.
Manufactured in: China and United States
Remedy: Consumers should stop using these children’s loungewear garments immediately and contact Warm Biscuit Bedding to receive a store credit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Warm Biscuit Bedding at (800) 231-4231 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Sunday or visit the firm’s Web site at www.warmbiscuit.com. Consumers also can write to: Warm Biscuit Bedding Company, 140 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038.
To see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including pictures of the recall product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09236.html
>>>A potentially stupid question here: can I can ham?<<<
Only stupid question is the one you should have asked and didn’t. (Hmmm - Does that make sense???)
Absolutely positively can do.... Diced ham, even make up a big pot of chili, soups, etc. then can the leftovers.
Do come and read any time, join in when you wish.
Prepare: Costco Emergency Food Kit<<<
A couple of those kits, would be good grab and run kits, or better than what many will have.
add a bucket of first aid and a sealed paint can of all the important papers, using photocopies and you will be ready for the big stuff, like sleep bags and coats.
I had my sister search for your solar lights, they were sold out all over Kingman.
Lucy, that baby looks like he is ready for a hug, it is perfect.
Thank you for finding/posting it for us to share.
Here is a hug for both of you.
Got this from Freeper PhilDragoo Which says it all:
Vel, the roses are beautiful, how odd, as an hour ago, I was talking to Diana and she was telling me how wonderful her roses had done this year.
Thank you for sharing them.
2 for a greenhouse wood burning barrel stove<<<
Bill used the iron inside tank of a hot water heater, he cut the top out of the side and welded a flat iron plate in the cut out area for cooking.
It lays on the side, with a flat top...works and is good at cooking things.
LOL, I see you noticed that I was missing, thanks for caring.
Yes the sister and brother have been and gone and I am attempting to recover, body and mind.
All is normal for here.
LOL, I know how to get a leak fixed.
Don’t know if it is completely sealed, LOL, it rained and Ray did not like needing a raincoat in the bathroom, so he went up, found the puddle on the roof [metal] and it had loose nails, so he fixed them ....maybe.
They promise rain around the clock for 2 weeks and so far, only one storm has hit me.
except now we may have to search out the truth and separate it from the SRM (state run media ) since their choices of what is news and what angle is reported is ??????
what a difference from the early ‘60’s when David Brinkley was the apparent outsider..and easy to spot<<<<
Yes, back in the 1970’s, I went to the shortwave to hear the world news.
If the airplane they found is not the one they thought it was, then whose was it?
I have read several reports on how wide the crash area was, and many said it appeared the plane either exploded in the air or when it hit the water.
Could it have been a boat?
Padilla is the pilot of a 727 or 737, that disappeared about 5 years ago, from that area of the map, took off for an test and vanished.
It is not thought that Padilla stole it, but that he was forced to fly it out.
There was several threads on it here.
Thanks for the wheat recipes, they all look good.
When I had it to cook, I simply used it in place of rice, both as a cereal, hot with butter and sugar and as a rice salad as we make macaroni salads.
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