You're listening to episode 35 of the Sustainable Minimalist podcast.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and

sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hi there and welcome back.

If you are listening to this episode on or near release date, you know that it is the end of August.

And the end of August means one thing and one thing only in my mind.

No, not the start of school in the end of summer, but the start of the harvest.

Now, if you're serious about sustainability, I'm willing to bet you're also serious about reducing food waste and that's where

today's episode comes in. Preserving food at home is the epitome of

sustainability. That's because canning and preserving foods

eliminates the need for pesky supermarket packaging and preserving food at home relies instead on the use of reusable and awesome

mason jars.

Now a little known fact that we will get into today.

Preserving food at home also saves some serious cash.

My guest today is a canning expert.

She's also a homesteader who's gotten quite creative in the

kitchen as a means of slashing into food waste and using all of the bounty she

grows and raises.

She's gotten so good in fact that her grocery bill

averages around $30 per week because she's growing, raising, and saving everything else.

Now, my guest this week, her name is Heather Harris.

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