The J. WECK Company was founded in Oflingen Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century when they first developed and introduced the home-canning method for glass jars. Since then, WECK has made this method popular not only in Germany and Europe but worldwide. WECK is continually working in the field of home-canning research. Specializing in all problems and questions concerning home canning, WECK has continuously developed and improved home-canning methods with the aid of its long experience as well as the constant ideas and innovations of the canning experts at WECK. Stephanie Thurow is a Certified Master Food Preserver from Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a passion for food preservation. She loves creating easy-to-follow recipes to help others gain the confidence to preserve on their own, and has been using WECK jars for over a decade because of the versatility and eco-friendliness of their reusable and nontoxic all-glass jars. Stephanie is the author of Can It & Ferment It and WECK Small-Batch Preserving, and the creator of canning and fermenting blog Minnesota from Scratch. She teaches food preservation classes around the Twin Cities, and resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband, daughter, and plethora of pets.