Twenty-eight students participated in a Food Preservation Boot Camp. Pressure Canning, Water Bath Canning, Freezing, Dehydration, kitchen safety, food safety, food storage, knife safety, budgeting, food and nutrition were some of the main topics covered.  Participants engaged in a hands-on learning environment.  Participants reported feeling confident in utilizing learned skills.  Six month follow up participants reported utilizing Food Preservation skills for preserving foods.  Twenty-five had pressure canned, 26 had water bath canned, 28 had frozen fruits and vegetables and 15 had dehydrated fruits and vegetables.  All reported they felt good about feeding their families healthy home preserved foods and in doing so they had saved on their grocery budgets.