Podcasts about canneries

California pear growers are boxing more fruit for the fresh market after canneries call for less, and many ag leaders are expressing dismay over the delays in getting a new Farm Bill passed.

In this newscast: Canneries are a big part of Alaska's history and a former Alaskero spoke at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau about his time at one; Community members in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are fundraising for an all-gender restroom at one of the district's high schools; Governor Mike Dunleavy has indicated that he will vote in favor of a constitutional convention

The pristine landscape of Alaska's Glacier Bay stretches as far as the eye can see. Heading out from the serenity of Bartlett Cove, the bay opens into a wide waterway dotted with islands, and flanked by snow-capped mountains that disappear into the clouds, and thick forests of spruce and hemlock, cottonwood, and alder. The bay fills a basin carved out by the Grand Pacific Glacier, which has retreated north over the last two hundred fifty years, leaving behind a frigid bejeweled body of water fringed by a series of tidewater glaciers.

The Canneries are sent on a mission to explore an abandoned ship where they discover Cassandra, a computer that can predict the future. And it has some interesting predictions about our favourite crew.

Community canneries–facilities, often subsidized by local government, where people can in bulk–are closing. With groceries easily available even in rural communities, there's less need. And with busy schedules, people have less time for the labor-intensive process of canning their own food. But people who continue to use the still-operational canneries, like Arnold and Donna Lafon, find community and pride in the practice.

In this podcast, First Thursday lecturer Irene Martin discusses the local Pacific NW salmon canning industry.

At the corner of Cesar Chavez Parkway and Crosby Road in San Diego, a sculpture on a tiny piece of land pays tribute to the thousands of workers who earned their living in the once-thriving tuna industry. “The Cannery Workers Tribute at Parque del Sol" was dedicated on Sept. 26, 2009, in a Port of San Diego ceremony, honoring the men and women who worked in the canneries and on the fishing boats from the early 1900s to the mid 1980s. http://bit.ly/yzuYK

A public art project honoring the thousands of San Diegans who worked in the once-thriving tuna canning industry will be dedicated by the Port of San Diego. “The Cannery Workers Tribute – Parque del Sol,” is located at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez Parkway and Crosby Road, near Cesar Chavez Park. The site was the location where many workers took a break from the canneries that were housed in what is now the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding/Continental Maritime property. http://bit.ly/x4nerFrom 1912 to 1986, the property was occupied by tuna canning companies such as Premier Packing Company, International Packing Corporation, Van Camp Packing Company, Westgate Sea Products Company, Hopkins Inc., Westgate-California Foods and Bumble Bee Seafoods. Other nearby canneries included the California Tuna Canning Company and High Seas Tuna Pack Company.