Food Preservation
Food Preservation
When your garden or farmer's market overflows with fresh vegetables and fruits, you can take your home cooking one step further by preserving some of those foods for your family to enjoy all year long!
Food Preservation Workshops give you the opportunity to learn everything that you want to know about canning, making jams and jelly, as well as freezing and drying food. The Extension Service conducts trainings in the following preservation areas:
Canning Fruits, Vegetables, & Meat
Jam & Jelly, including Freezer Jam and Low-Sugar/Sugar Free
Freezing & Drying Fruits & Vegetables
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Food Preservation instructor & Grayson County FCS Agent, Joan Martin, introduces participants to some of the UK publications on home canning. |
Joan explains how to use the food dehydrator and the many benefits of drying foods.
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| Home canning may save you half the cost of buying commercially canned food. |
Joan snaps green beans in this demonstration on canning vegetables.
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The Exension Service has the following canning supplies available for loan with
required $25 deposit, which will be refunded when brought back in good condition.
Items may be checked out for up to 3 days.
- 2 Pressure Canners - 1 dail gauge and 1 weighted gauge
- 3 Water Bath Canners
- 1 Food Dehydrator
University of Kentucky Food Preservation Publications - They're FREE!
Selecting, Preparing, and Canning Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Selecting, Preparing, and Canning Fruit and Fruit Products
Selecting, Preparing, and Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Products
Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Juice
Preparing and Canning Jams and Jellies
Preparing and Canning Poultry, Red Meat, and Fish
Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables
Food Preservation Resources:
Pressure Canner Testing for dial gauge canners - $1.00
DVD - "So Easy to Preserve"
Ball Food Preservation Website - "Preserving America for 25 Years"
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