MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- We're well into harvest season, not just for farmers but for at-home gardeners. And a problem that plagued them last summer and fall hasn't gone away. We've received several ...

Last month I sent off my seed order for the coming season and began wondering how I was going to store my harvest from the garden. Was I going to be able to find canning lids this summer? Canning jar ...

Bregg thinks the canning lid shortage stems from “a perfect storm” of conditions: COVID-weary folks turning to home-gardening and canning to alleviate grocery bills and fears of future food shortages; ...

Streamline home canning with these three important lid tips: n Ball® or Kerr® brand lids are BPA-free. BPA (bisphenol A) is an industrial chemical that has been used to make certain plastics and ...

Angelo Pugliano and his family regularly can between 300 and 400 jars of fresh-grown tomatoes every season. This year, they had to settle for less. When they went to buy new lids, none could be found, ...

Those of you who can fruits and vegetables may have noticed a short supply of jars and lids. It’s a shortage that is being chalked up, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marie Bregg of Mason Jar ...

Looking for canning lids? There are none. Shelves are empty of canning supplies. It's reminiscent of the Great Canning Lid Shortage of 1975 when there were congressional hearings into the crisis. OK.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused many things to go MIA like toilet paper, meat, jigsaw puzzles, bicycles, graham crackers. In July supply shortages were reported for beer and soda cans and coins.