April McGreger
food preservation consultant/ cooking teacher/ freelance writer
April McGreger is a writer, chef, urban homesteader, and the founder of Farmer’s Daughter, an award-winning pickling and preserving company, that she has operated in North Carolina for 11 years. She first learned the art of preserving at the elbow of her mother and grandmother in a small Mississippi farming town. She worked her way into a pastry chef position at the nationally acclaimed Lantern Restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC. She spent years researching vernacular preserving traditions around the world before founding Farmer’s Daughter in 2007. Her stories and recipes have been published in many publications, including The New York Times, Bon Appetit, The Local Palate, Martha Stewart Living, and many more. She has written several cookbooks, including Sweet Potatoes (UNC Press, 2014) and The Complete Guide Guide to Canning & Preserving due out with Simon & Schuster, Spring 2022.
