March Canning Madness

March Canning Madness – the canning collaboration that everyone is invited to!

March is a great time to can all the things you want on your pantry shelves before garden season kicks off.

It is the time of year that I start canning things like my Sloppy Joes, broths, and countless other pantry staples.

A few years ago, I hosted a canning collaboration on YouTube where several channels participated and every day there was a new canning video from one of the channels.

In 2023, I did not do MCM because we were in midst of the chaos of moving our homestead from Alabama to Arkansas at the time.

But last year I did March Canning Madness in such a way that anyone could participate. I was very happy with the way it turned out, and decided to do the same thing this year.

This is a collaboration that anyone can be involved with, whether you make videos or not. I want to encourage everyone out there to put up their favorite canning recipes and share what they are doing!

If You Have a YouTube Channel

If you wish to participate in March Canning Madness, post a canning video (or lots of videos) in the month of March and tag me somewhere in either the title or the description “@CosmopolitanCornbread” so that YouTube notifies me of the video(s).

Also, please put the hashtag #MarchCanningMadness somewhere in your video title or description, because that will also help me find participating videos.

I will then add the video(s) to my official 2025 playlist! I will check for and add videos every day. If you don’t see your video added, send me a message with the link via email, Instagram, or Facebook. YouTube isn’t always reliable when sending notifications and I don’t want to miss any.

If you wish to use the March Canning Madness logo * for your video thumbnails, you can grab the image down below or off of my social media. You are not required to use it, (because I know not everyone can edit images like that) but it will make it easier for people to spot the collab videos, including myself if you do.

*The logo above is copyrighted and authorized only for use in participants’ collaboration related content and not authorized for any other use.

Rebel Canning

If you rebel can, please make it clear that it is a “rebel canning” video. I want to make sure that new canners understand that a recipe is “rebel” so that they can make an informed decision before trying a canning recipe.

What is Rebel Canning?

Rebel Canning is canning recipes or methods that are not approved by the USDA, not tested, or not considered safe, such as water bath canning low acid foods. The recipes do not have to be from the Ball Canning Book or anything like that, but should follow the standard canning safety methods for the ingredients you are canning.

I’m not saying don’t do it, but I am saying do your homework and judge for yourself whether something is safe or too risky for you.

For instance, “dry canning” potatoes without any water is another form of rebel canning. I don’t do it because water conducts the heat throughout the jar to make the potatoes safe. Air insulates and can prevent the inside contents from reaching the temperature needed to kill botulism. That’s not a risk I am willing to take.

No YouTube Channel? No Problem!

Do you have an Instagram account? Share what you’re doing and tag me! I’d love to share your posts!

On Facebook? You can do the same there or even share your images in the comment section on my posts :)

Prizes will be Included!

Of course, I am excited to share that yes, there will be two giveaways in conjunction with March Canning Madness.

To participate in the giveaway, simply watch and leave a comment on any or all of the videos that get added to the March Canning Madness 2025 playlist.

At the end of the month, I will look at how many videos are in the playlist. I will draw a random number, and that number will correspond to a video.

From that video, I will draw another random number, and that number will correspond to a comment…and that is the winner!

The winner will receive a brand new steam canner…

as well as a set of the Prepworks Canning Tools!

This giveaway will be open to everyone whether you posted videos or not/have a YouTube channel or not.

But to encourage folks making the videos, if your video was chosen as the winning video, you will also receive a prize!

Since you are already canning, I will send you two cases of the new Superb Canning Jars – a case of quarts and a case of pints, as well as a pack of 300 dissolvable canning jar labels. OR, they can choose to receive their own new steam canner instead!

People creating videos are also welcome to watch and leave comments on everyone else’s videos to enter the canner giveaway as well!

If when the video is selected, it turns out to be one of my own videos, I will draw the winning comment from my video. However, I will select a second video for the creator to receive the video prize.

This event is not sponsored by anyone but me, not affiliated with YouTube, Superb or any other company/brand/business, etc.

Let’s encourage one another to can all the things, and I look forward to seeing your videos!

The Giveaway Rules

1. Enter only by commenting within the comment section of the YouTube videos, that are included in the March Canning Madness 2025 playlist.

You cannot comment via other social media accounts or by email to enter.

2. This contest is FREE to enter and open to anyone in the USA or who have APO mailing addresses.

3. This giveaway is NOT associated with or affiliated with YouTube or anyone else. I am the sole sponsor of this giveaway.

4. YouTube is not a sponsor of this contest and we require viewers to release YouTube from any liability related to our contest.

5. The winner will be chosen randomly using a Random Comment Picking tool as described in the post/video.

6. The winner will ONLY be announced in a VIDEO at the end of the month of March. 2025.

7. As with all of my giveaways, winners must email me at contact(at)cosmopolitancornbread.com to claim their prize within *7 DAYS *of the winner announcement video. After that the prize is forfeited.

8. Entries that don’t comply with YouTube’s Community Guidelines will be disqualified. https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/

9. The prize will be mailed via USPS and the tracking number provided via email.

PRIVACY POLICY Your PRIVACY is very important to me:

1. I will not ask you for personal information unless you have won the giveaway. In that case I will need your name and mailing address.

2. I will ONLY use this information to mail you the prize, and will not share it with anyone else.

3. I will NOT ask you to pay for shipping or any other cost associated with this giveaway. If you receive a comment stating such, it is a SCAM. Do not respond.

If someone replies to your entry comment, saying that you won, EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE ME, it is not. Click on the account and you’ll see it doesn’t take you to MY channel. Scammers will create fake accounts, using the same name and even channel art. YouTube rarely does anything about it. I will ONLY announce the winner in the video as mentioned above.

4. I will never ask you for your payment information.