Food Preparation and PreservationMajor Program

9775

Total Hours

Contributed.

42751

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

30

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

228

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

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

6157

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

8460

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

3735

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

11857

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

9281

Number of pints of fruits or vegetables frozen

5617

Number of pints of fruits or vegetables dried

1155

Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants

1433

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

1027

Stories

Food Preservation

With many finding extra time on their hands during the COVID-19 pandemic two things became very apparent to the Pendleton County Extension Office. The desire to grow their own produce and the need for educational resources for food preservation. The Extension Service listen and provide help for both. In the Spring of 2020 over 100 garden started kits were distributed to local residents and in Mid-Summer the extension service provided food preservation kits to most of those recipients. Education ...

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Food Preservation

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