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The Wine and Hop Shop in Madison, WI has some great starter kits as well. http://www.wineandhop.com/CatalogBeer/beerKits.shtml

Gentle Breeze Honey sells their products in pint and quart jars. It is available in throughout Wisconsin and in Chicago, IL.
http://www.gentlebreezehoney.com

Hot spicy cheese bread from Stella's. OK, discuss.

Home canners aren't in the clear, as the lids have BPA in them.
http://www.freshpreserving.com/pages/faq/42.php

Anyone have a recipe that *doesn't* use red food coloring? If boiled beets were to be used as a substitute, how much would be needed?

The methods needed to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions from meat (or other resource intensive foods) are still in their infancy. Furthermore, there are many questions raised as to who is responsible for the emissions from raising livestock (or the grain needed to feed them).

Readers might be interested in a paper I recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters that looks at the emissions from cattle ranching and deforestation in the Amazon and provides a method to allocate the responsibility between the producers in Brazil and final consumers of products that are exported.

A PDF of the paper can be freely downloaded here: http://stacks.iop.org/ERL/4/044010/

@Stone Maison I used the 1/2" X 1/8" magnets. Depending on what kind of jars you use, you might be able to get a smaller magnet.

@Joan A. - Fortunately / unfortunately my kitchen doesn't get a lot of natural light, so I wasn't too worried about light, but it could definitely be an issue for others.

@shel & ShibaGirl55 - Indeed, there are many alternatives to the canning jars (I just happened to get a really good deal on them..)

@ladyofshalott - Yes! They are really strong and have no problem holding the jars (which are relatively heavy).