Join us for a free class offered by ISU Extension! More info below:
Preserving your summer bounty is a great way to enjoy home-grown produce year-round. The key is not serving food borne illness, like botulism, with your home preserved foods.
Home food preservation is not difficult but it does require following specific directions exactly, said Sara Sprouse, a human sciences specialist in food and health with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. “Ignoring recommended procedures can result in home canned products that will make you, your family and friends very ill.”
To help Iowans safely preserve foods, Sprouse will lead Preserve the Taste of Summer 101 on Thursday, October 5 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The class, offered at the Coralville Community Food Pantry, 804 13th Ave., Coralville, is part of the ISU Extension and Outreach Preserve the Taste of Summer program.
“Preserve the Taste of Summer 101 is a general overview course that highlights the key information you need to know to get started preserving food at home,” said Sprouse.
This class will:
Discuss four food preservation techniques – pressure canning, hot water bath canning, dehydration and freezing;
Provide science-based, reliable, food preservation resources; and
Answer your general food preservation questions.
“This information-packed class is helpful for beginner home food preservers as well as for experienced home food preservers interested in staying up-to-date on the current recommendations,” said Sprouse. “Past participants have shared that Preserve the Taste of Summer 101 was informative and fun and that it provided new information to keep them up to date and safe.”
There is no cost to attend thanks to a Growing Together Iowa grant, however, registration is required by Monday, October 2.
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/humansciences/preserve-taste-summer
For more information and to register, contact Shannon Bielicke at bielicke@iastate.edu or (319) 337-2145 or Sara Sprouse at sprouse@iastate.edu or (319) 293-3039.
For Coralville Community Food Pantry questions, contact John Boller at john@coralvillefoodpantry.org or (319) 337-3663.