Released May 29, 2009
LAPWAI, Idaho – Home canning and food preservation workshops sponsored by University of Idaho Extension in Lapwai June 11, Moscow June 12 and Lewiston June 13 will offer a food safety approach.
Carol Hampton, Boundary County Extension educator, will lead the workshops with help from local Extension educators. Hampton also will teach an online food preservation class, Preserve @ Home beginning June 22, and the registration deadline for it is June 12.
Hampton’s online class, Preserve @ Home, teaches participants how to safely preserve a variety of foods and how to preserve their quality. The class provides lessons for downloading and interactive online chat sessions. The class is available to community members for $35, and is also offered as a one-credit academic course, FCS 475- Food Preservation, for an additional fee.
More information about Preserve @ Home is available online at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/boundary/online_courses.htm
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Source: Carol Hampton, (208) 267-3235, champton@uidaho.edu
Writer: Bill Loftus, (208) 885-7694, bloftus@uidaho.edu