Daviess County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
| 2062 - Food Preparation and Preservation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2062.1) | 103 |
Number of individuals who reported improved knowledge, opinions, skills, or aspirations regarding the safe storage, handling, preparation and/or preservation of food |
| 2062.2) | 77 |
Number of individuals who demonstrated safe handling and preparation and/or preservation of food |
| 2062.3) | 40 |
Number of individuals who reported preparing more healthy home-cooked meals |
| 2062.4) | 29 |
Number of pints of fruits, vegetables or fruit/vegetable products canned through water bath canning (e.g. pickles, jams, jellies, sauces) |
| 2062.5) | 0 |
Number of pints of vegetables, soups, meats, or other value-added products canned through pressure canning |
| 2062.6) | 0 |
Number of pints of fruits or vegetables frozen |
| 2062.7) | 0 |
Number of pints of fruits or vegetables dried |
| 2062.8) | 103 |
Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants |
| 2062.9) | 103 |
Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants reporting an increase in food preservation skills |
Success Stories
Food Preservation at the White Chateau
Author: Katherine Alexander
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Home food preservation has become popular again and with so many ways (Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook pages etc.) for people to find recipes and instructions on preserving food, not all are safe. The Daviess County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent needed to provide a food preservation class and targeted beginners. The food preservation class taught and discussed methods of food preservation, using the correct and research-based methods and resources. Researched based methods were discu
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Basics of Sourdough
Author: Katherine Alexander
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Basics of SourdoughThe popularity of sourdough bread has been growing recently. People want to learn to make their own Sourdough bread due to its unique flavor, texture, and potential health benefits.The Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent in Daviess County, partnered with the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent in Hancock County to offer two Basics of Sourdough Class. Total participation was forty-four people.The target audience for the Basics of Sourdough were adults who were
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