June 14, 2009 — On a recent Wednes­day, 80 peo­ple came to La Cocina, a com­mu­nity kitchen on Fol­som, to pick up 720 jars of home­made apri­cot jam. More than 20 peo­ple took part in mak­ing it from scratch last Sun­day. Anya Fer­nald who con­ceived the can­ning project,  said she wanted to show peo­ple how they could buy in bulk at afford­able prices and deal with the quan­tity of pro­duce bulk buy­ing means.  For oth­ers, how­ever, the class was sim­ply a way to “con­nect to peo­ple, places, and  times.” Read more