Tag: Classie Parker

EDIBLE GLIMPSES: A Time to Can

As stalls at the Greenmarkets overflow with late summer crops, here’s some inspiration to put up those peaches and tomatoes now. In our slideshow, Classie Parker, aka The Canning Queen, shares with her neighbors her food preservation fervor.

IN OUR CURRENT ISSUE: Canning Queen Classie Parker

Classie Parker, aka The Canning Queen, turned a a small vacant lot on 121st Street into a fertile garden that now feeds her neighbors and her own food preservation fervor. When she’s not busy pruning, planting, or putting up peaches, she’s pushing a cart around town teaching anyone who asks how they can can, too.