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June Taylor Jams
Vendor: June Taylor
June Taylor first taught herself to make preserves in 1990. “I naively thought that I would make a marmalade because I did not think there were any good marmalades available in the stores and that we, [the] British, were no longer making good marmalades.” She has since become an expert, evolving a full line of different kinds of fruit preserving, including marmalades, conserves, fruit butters and sauces, whole fruits in syrups, fruit syrups, chutneys and ketchups, Christmas cakes and vegetarian mincemeat. June started her business when her son was a toddler. After first developing three kinds of marmalade (Grapefruit & Meyer lemon, Three-fruit, and Thick-Cut Orange) for the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, she “slowly and cautiously grew [her] business as [her] son grew.” Today, she runs the business with the help of her husband and one assistant, offering her delectable wares at Farmers’ Markets and online. June is one of the most recent additions to the PAFM, having first offered her preserves here for the full 2005 season. She currently hales from Oakland. June is truly an artisan, with a passion for “experimenting with new ways to preserve fruit and seeking out forgotten and disappearing fruits… I offer products of a very high quality using fruit grown organically and sustainably. We only work with fresh fruit grown within California, many grown locally by farmers that I know and have developed relationships of trust with.” “Our methodology is unique in the world of preserving. We work entirely by hand and cook the product on the stove-top in small pots that yield approximately 8-10 jars. We hand pour the product into the jar. Consequently, we do not make huge quantities of preserves by any commercial standards.” “My inspiration comes from the history of British preserving. I offer preserves that combine fruit with flower and herbal infusions; a style once common in British preserving but now lost. I also seek out and work with heirloom and forgotten fruits hoping to revive them in the marketplace and encouraging farmers to continue to grow them.” What does June find special about the PAFM? “The community feel of the market. The fact that people of all ages support the market. That this market is truly offering the public the kind of quality of food and an opportunity for farmers and vendors to bring their products directly to the consumer.”
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