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| 2062 - Food Preparation and Preservation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2062.9) | 133 |
Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants reporting an increase in food preservation skills |
| 2062.8) | 133 |
Number of Food Preservation Workshop participants |
| 2062.1) | 133 |
Number of individuals who reported improved knowledge, opinions, skills, or aspirations regarding the safe storage, handling, preparation and/or preservation of food |
| 2062.5) | 245 |
Number of pints of vegetables, soups, meats, or other value-added products canned through pressure canning |
| 2062.7) | 14 |
Number of pints of fruits or vegetables dried |
| 2062.6) | 312 |
Number of pints of fruits or vegetables frozen |
| 2062.2) | 62 |
Number of individuals who demonstrated safe handling and preparation and/or preservation of food |
| 2062.4) | 122 |
Number of pints of fruits, vegetables or fruit/vegetable products canned through water bath canning (e.g. pickles, jams, jellies, sauces) |
| 2062.3) | 133 |
Number of individuals who reported preparing more healthy home-cooked meals |
Author: Karen Denniston
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Interest in food preservation has returned! The request for food preservation classes have increased yearly in Bourbon and Clark County extension offices. Our clientele has a genuine desire to know “what” is in their food as well as being concerned about accessibility of food items. Many or the request involved working individuals that could not attend the typical daytime workshops. Bourbon, Clark county FCS agents decided to pool their resources to offer a Food Pre
Author: Karen Denniston
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Bourbon County Extension clientele attendance of traditional programming was restricted during the pandemic and proved to be slow returning to pre-pandemic numbers. In a search for a way of reconnecting, the Family & Consumer Science Agent and the SNAP-Ed Program Assistant Senior decided to offer a cooking through the 2022 Food+Nutrition calendar monthly via Facebook Live. Each month the featured recipe preparation was demonstrated for viewing. The demo was sha
