Local canners in a pickle over ongoing canning-lid shortage Bregg thinks the shortage stems from “a perfect storm” of conditions: COVID-weary folks turning to home-gardening and canning to alleviate grocery bills and fears of future food shortages; millennial do-it-yourselfers who find they now have time to try homespun pursuits like canning salsa, and pandemic-related slow-downs at every level of the supply chain. 8:15 am, Mar. 10, 2021 × Sue B. Balcom, founder of The Root Sellers in Bismarck and a regular contributor to "Main Street Eats" on Prairie Public Radio, says she didn't can as much produce to sell at her farmer's markets last fall because it was so hard to find canning lids. Special to The ForumSpecial to The Forum