Jana Duncan grew up watching her grandparents canning foods and when she was old enough they started to teach her how to do basic canning. She was a pretty good student and learned rather quickly. In no time she was canning foods all by herself with little supervision. She carried the techniques that she had learned into her adult life and when she was living on her own, it took her no time to start canning foods for herself. Pretty soon her neighbors were getting lesson on canning from her. Following through on this interest she made the decision to put together a book that would help others