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Carole Cancler has decades of practice in food preservation, specializing in the anthropology of food—how indigenous foods and methods of preparation have been integrated throughout the world. She is the author of The Home Preserving Bible and holds degrees in food science and nutrition and computer programming. Carole previously developed a Food Preservation Expo and currently writes for Mother Earth News.