Success StoryHome Food Preservation
Home Food Preservation
Author: Jill Harris
Planning Unit: Todd County CES
Major Program: Food Preparation and Preservation
Plan of Work: Enhance Life Skills and Build Consumer Awareness
Outcome: Initial Outcome
People choose to can foods at home for many reasons: to preserve the harvest from their gardens or local farmers markets for year-round enjoyment; to gain more control over what is in their food by limiting or avoiding salt, sugar or preservatives; to save money; to get better-tasting canned foods; to follow family traditions; or just for the sense of satisfaction that home canning provides. Home canning has changed over the last 200 years. Scientists have found ways to produce safer, higher quality products, including the design of better home canning equipment and supplies. Because many microorganisms live and multiply quickly on the surfaces of fresh fruits and vegetables, methods of home canning should always follow research-based recommendations.
The Todd County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences taught a food preservation class to 14 participants. Eleven filled out an end of program evaluation with these results:
100% could identify safe, research-based methods of home food preservation;
100% understood the difference between low acid and high acid foods;
100% could identify the correct method of canning food low acid and high acid foods;
91% had better skills in home food preservation methods;
100% could identify the necessary equipment for home food preservation;
91% could identify spoilage in home preserved products.
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