Food Preparation and PreservationMajor Program

8071

Total Hours

Contributed.

21164

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

15

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

602

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who reported preparing more healthy home-cooked meals

1724

Number of pints of fruits, vegetables or fruit/vegetable products canned through water bath canning (e.g. pickles, jams, jellies, sauces)

3717

Number of individuals who demonstrated safe handling and preparation and/or preservation of food

3340

Number of pints of fruits or vegetables frozen

1702

Number of pints of fruits or vegetables dried

272

Number of pints of vegetables, soups, meats, or other value-added products canned through pressure canning

2681

Number of individuals who reported improved knowledge, opinions, skills, or aspirations regarding the safe storage, handling, preparation and/or preservation of food

4577

Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants

1176

Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants reporting an increase in food preservation skills

1002

Stories

Ready, Set, Bake - Scones

Baking is an art as well as a science. It is precise as well as intuitive. The ingredients that go into baking are simple—flour, leavening agents, liquid, salt, and others. When combined, these ingredients form something wonderfully complex and delicious. Recipes are often passed down through generations; but the skill is not. Because of recent the pandemic, more people have turned to baking. Because of the interest, the Todd County FCS Agent taught two “Ready, Set, Bake--Scones” classes to he...

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Ready, Set, Bake - Scones

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