Buy Local Food : Take a child shopping with you, pick up one of the offending products and say quite loudly "Well we’re not buying that, think of the energy it’s used up just getting here!"
Drain syrup from canned cherries. Add juice of 1 lemon if syrup lacks tartness and flavor. Combine syrup and sugar. Heat rapidly to boiling. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Add fruit pectin. Stir constantly. Heat to full rolling boil. remove from fire. Skim. Syrup from any canned fruit may be substituted for the cherry sirup.