For Sponsors

Thank you for your interest in supporting The Mason Jar Suite!

The mission of The Mason Jar Suite is to educate, inspire, and entertain the public about food and safe food preservation, while providing a living wage to the people who create the show.
 

If you haven't seen it, yet, please check out our YouTube page to see the first couple of episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHqynTzVzgUQUmnmlnRcfqg

 

About the Show:

The Mason Jar Suite aims to fill a niche in food- and cooking-related shows.  This venture is unique; there are cooking shows all over the Internet, and there are multiple network food/cooking channels on television...but NONE of them focus on canning and food preserving. 

The USDA and Cooperative Extension are currently expanding their Food Preservation education programs and funding promotions around the United States; they are tracking dramatic increases in Value-Added Food Businesses, in Home Canning, and in Do-It-Yourself culture around food, especially in people in their 20's-40's [1] [2]. Books on Canning and Fermentation are enjoying their strongest sales since the mid 1970's. 

We are currently publishing our pilot season of episodes. We have not begun promoting them outside of our personal communities, as we would like a strong, representative body of work to be available when the general public begins to discover the show.
 

What will The Mason Jar Suite's episodes be about?

Canning and Food Preservation of all types! We will produce episodes, weekly, in at least 2 categories:

  • The "How To..." videos:
    • These will explain and show viewers how to do things like:
      • Can pickles, salsas, sauces, chutneys, fruits, salmon, meats, soups, relishes, and more;
      • Ferment sauerkraut, kimchi, wine, beer, kombucha, cucumber pickles, etc;
      • Smoke and cure meats;
      • Use pressure canners, water-bath canners, and various tools in the kitchen.
         
  • The "How It Works" videos:
    • These will be very short scientific videos, often entirely animated! They will be where we get deep into the science behind:
      • Botulism, how canning really works, the microbiology of fermentation, how meat is raised and how vegetables are grown (agricultural), how the international food distribution system works, what roles salt plays in canning & cooking, and more!
  • The Mason Jar Suite follows the model of many cooking shows and will be:
    • Scripted,
    • Well-edited,
    • Well-lit,
    • Funny,
    • Engaging,
    • And will be accompanied by a marketing campaign to distribute it widely across the Internet.
  • We believe that, as soon as the many  food bloggers, food organizations, cooperative extension, and food-loving individuals who use the Internet as their primary media source see these shows, each episode will be widely shared and distributed.
     

Why we would like to work with sponsors:

  • Given The Mason Jar Suite's high aspirations of viewership and distribution, it is extremely important that we outfit our kitchen beautifully, with products that we trust and recommend.
  • Founder and host, Trav Williams, is a trained chef, and has managed numerous restaurants and bakeries; he appreciates high-quality equipment. He is also a professional photographer, and recognizes the importance of an attractive, engaging set. Through this show, directly or indirectly, we would be happy to help give visibility to brands and products that we, ourselves support and believe in.
  • However, in the early days of this project, personal investments in high-end products add up, along with the sweat-equity being provided by our core team. This is why we are reaching out to companies like yours to share our vision and outfit our on-screen kitchen.


What we can offer you:

  • Option A
    • In-Video recognition on multiple aired episodes of Season 1 with your logo, and the spoken dialogue, "This episode brought to you by..."
      • One episode for every $1000
      • A written thank-you to the Sponsor, with your logo, at the bottom of our webpage through 2015.
      • A prominent recognition, with your Sponsor's logo, on our homepage, as a "Season 1 Supporter/Sponsor"
        • $1001 - $5,000
           
  • Option B
    • In-Video recognition on one aired episode, with the spoken dialogue, "This episode brought to you by..."
      • Donated products will be oriented so that the brand's logo is visible in at least 1 episode of Season 1.
      • A thank-you to the Sponsor, with their logo, at the bottom of our webpage through 2015.
      • A prominent recognition, with the Sponsor's logo, on our homepage, as a "Season 1 Supporter/Sponsor"
        • $1000
           
  • Option C
    • A written thank-you to the Sponsor, with their logo, at the bottom of our webpage through 2015.
      • A prominent recognition, with the Sponsor's logo, on our homepage, as a "Season 1 Supporter/Sponsor"
      • Donated  products will be oriented so that the brand's logo is visible in at least 2 episodes of Season 1.
        • $501-$1000
           
  • Option D
    • A written thank-you to the Sponsor, with their logo, at the bottom of our webpage through 2015.
      • Donated products will be oriented so that the brand's logo is visible in at least 1 episode of Season 1.
        • $251-$500
           
  • Option E
    • A written thank-you to the Sponsor, with a link to their chosen website, at the bottom of our webpage through 2015.
      • $50-250
         
  • Sponsorships greater than $5,000
    • Thank you for sharing the vision of The Mason Jar Suite! Your support is amazing!
    • Please get in touch to talk about what we might offer for such a generous contribution.

 

We are inspired by successful cooking-show models online, such as:

A Final Note:

  • The goals of The Mason Jar Suite are to educate, inspire, and entertain the public about food and food preservation. We intend to play a valuable role in the food- and agriculture-focused communities of the world.
     
    • Please consider partnering with us; The Mason Jar Suite needs just $7500 in initial costs to get off the ground with equipment and initial marketing
       
    • We have already begun filming, entirely funded by the founder and the work-hours of a small team of people who believe that this vision will develop into a well-established and profitable venture.
       
    • Email Trav at Trav@BrokenBanjo.net, or call him at 330-822-2656 if you would like to be a part of the initial support network of this show, or if you have any questions.

Take care; please let us know what other information you may need, and give me a call or email anytime. 

SPONSORS:

Thank you to Ball for supplying The Mason Jar Suite with jars for our first episodes!

Thank you to Granite•Ware for requesting custom videos and supplying us with canners!