How to Start a Community Cannery or Canning Centers
Canneries and canning centers are commercial (or county-run) facilities where you can take your fruit or vegetables and use their high grade commercial equipment to quickly and easily process your foods. Below is an example of a budget from one community cannery.
I'm gathering information like this to help those interested in starting their own community cannery, so please write me, if you have any information.
And I have a draft list of local canneries and community kitchens on this page.
Cannery Costs:
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Portable canners that members can check out, cost about $800--not the kind of thing that individuals usually want to invest in, but great for a group.
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Fixed, larger canning equipment: no data yet.
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A typical small/medium commercial grade licensed kitchen is reported to cost about $50,000 to set up.
Cannery Regulations
Example: California Cannery Health and Safety Code
Sample Cannery Annual Budget
From a Virginia cannery for 2006:
