Food Preservation Season is Upon Us. Talk to your Family & Consumer Sciences Educator to get Your Pressure canner dial gauge examined for FREE!
OUR HISTORY
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. 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.
OUR PARTNERSHIP
UME Master Gardeners (MGVs) teach people how to grow produce in home, community, and school gardens 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).
FCS EDUCATORS CAN ADVISE YOU ABOUT:
Canning
- Jams, jellies, and butters
- Pickled & fermented products
- High acid foods (peaches)
- Tomatoes
- Low acid foods (green beans)
Freezing
We teach evidence-based information on safely freezing foods at home.
Dehydration (drying)
We teach evidence-based information on safely freezing foods at home.