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Our educational programs and problem-solving assistance are available to citizens and are based on the research and experience of land grant universities such as the University of Maryland, College Park.
Since the 1900’s Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) educators have taught how to safely preserve food, whether it was canning, drying, or freezing using USDA home food preservation guidelines.
UME Master Gardener Volunteers (MGVs) educate residents how to grow food in home, community, and school gardens. MGVs and help thousands of individual groups each year start and improve food gardens.
UME Master Gardeners (MGVs) teach people how to grow produce through the Grow It Eat It (GIEI) program, and FCS educators teach people how to safely preserve their harvest through the Grow It Eat It Preserve It program (GIEIPI).
We teach evidence-based information on safely freezing foods at home.
We teach evidence-based information on safely freezing foods at home.