pdf brochure for Preservation Station, a project of ISLAND (www.artmeetsearth.org)

1. institute for sustainable living,
art & natural design
ISLAND is a non-profit arts and ecology center dedicated
to connecting people with nature, art and community.
ISLAND helps people become native to place by:
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PRESERVATION STATION
• supporting artists—visionaries, conceptual explorers
and compelling communicators—with dedicated time,
space and resources to create new work;
PRESERVATION STATION
Make Food Preservation a Party
preservation station is an enclosed cargo trailer that unpacks
into a high-efficiency, three-season food preservation kitchen and
workshop space.
Staffed by a canning expert, the trailer can be pulled onto farms,
community gardens, farm markets or your own backyard at the
peak of produce ripeness.
• restoring the old and developing the new skills and
traditions of community self-reliance;
• creating and sharing a broad collection of tools for
ecological living.
institute for sustainable living,
art & natural design
5870 Cottage Drive • Bellaire, MI 49615
231.622.5252
Preservation Station is currently outfitted for hot water bath canning
of high acid foods, as well as pickling, fermenting and jellying.
In the future, the trailer will include equipment for pressure
canning, meat curing, drying, freezing, smoking and other
traditional preservation techniques.
Learn a new skill, sharpen your techniques, and join friends or family
to make food preservation a fun new tradition in your community!
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A canning kitchen on wheels that can be towed onto
local small farms at the peak of produce ripeness and
unpacked into a food preservation teaching kitchen.
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2. Who � th� For?
Learners - Canning for the first time? Brushing up on old
skills? Looking for new techniques and recipes? Take a basics
course or dive in to intensive canning sessions.
FarMers - Was your growing season a little too successful?
Invite your customers directly to the farm and sell that extra
produce with a day of canning.
GarDeners - Share your bounty with friends, or invite
fellow green thumbs over to increase the joy of canning. Are
you growing at a community garden? Wrap up the season with a
canning party and then swap jars with fellow growers.
partY peopLe - Just add wine and music! Hire the trailer
for your next event. You BYOB, we’ll bring everything else you
need, including an iPod-ready sound system. Pop the cork on
your next birthday, block party or summer get-together.
What’s Your Skill Level?
BeGinners - Learn safe, specific instructions. Go home
with tested recipes and real skills. Connect with a community of
canners and become an expert at stocking your pantry!
interMeDiate - Get the latest tips for safe, delicious
canning, and discover new recipes, techniques and tricks to try.
eXpert - Avoid the mess in your kitchen and have more fun
canning in community. Share your skills!
sCareD stiFF - Pop in for one of our demonstrations.
With modern equipment and techniques, we’ll show you there’s
nothing to be afraid of.
Scheduled Events
Visit the ISLAND website for an up-to-date listing of food
preservation workshops and other events.
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Custom Workshops and Events
Why wait? You schedule the date, you pick the topic and you
provide the people. We provide the expertise and support staff.
We can also provide fresh local and occasionally organic produce,
or we can use what you have bought or grown on site.
DeMonstrations - A drop-in, informal tour of the trailer
with no hands-on component. Great for a farm market or food event.
pUttinG BY (5-8 Hrs) - A 5-8 hour workshop and
preserving session that teaches the skills exactly as you’ll use them
at home, and gives each participant a serious share of canned
goods to take home.
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preservinG overvieW (2 Hrs*) - All of the basics
in one 2-hour class: freezing, drying, canning and fermenting.
Get an overview of the process without delving too deep into
any particular one.
eXpLoration CoUrses (2 Hrs*) - Dive in a little
deeper with a single-subject workshop. CanninG: How to
can fruits and high-acid vegetables, as well as making vinegar
pickles. Includes a review of best practices in canning safety.
FerMentinG: This ancient art of food preservation uses just
salt and wild bacteria to create living, dynamic, nutritious and
incredibly delicious foods.
etC - Do you have your own idea about how Preservation
Station can best be used? Give us a shout!
*2 hour workshops do not include take-home goods.
preservation station is available within a 50 mile radius of
Bellaire, or for $2 per additional mile traveled. Secure overnight
parking for the trailer is required, as we may need to deliver or
pick up the trailer up to three days before or after the event. A
class can support up to ten hands-on participants, though there is
no minimum. Some events have a total set price, others are billed
per-attendee. We provide all equipment and materials, including
canning jars, lids and rings.
pLease ContaCt Us For priCinG, or WitH otHer
QUestions or sUGGestions.
B L a n C H e @a r t M e e t s e a r t H . o r G
or (231) 622-5252.
Many thanks to the members of
Oryana Natural Foods Market
for their support of Preservation Station!