Success StoryTri-County Food Preservation Classes



Tri-County Food Preservation Classes

Author: Karen Denniston

Planning Unit: Bourbon County CES

Major Program: Food Preservation

Plan of Work: Educating Youth on Life Skills, safety and personal development

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Tri-County Food Preservation Classes


Food preservation is coming back!  The request for food preservation classes have increased yearly in Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas County extension offices.  Our clientele has a genuine desire to know “what” is in their food.  Many or the request involved working individuals that could not attend the typical daytime workshops.  Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas county FCS agents decided to pool their resources to offer a Food Preservation Class in each county at a different part of the day.  The Bourbon County class was offered in the afternoon, Harrison County in the morning and Nicholas County in the evening.  Each of these classes lasted 3 ½ hours and was offered in each county on a different date.  The 3 counties are connected and are in easy traveling distance for all clients.  To ease the load and preparation for each agent the responsibilities were divided but the same for each session.


The clientele was receptive to this format and was appreciative of agents making the accommodations.   Of the fifteen total attendance in the three counties, 94% indicated that they would not have been able to attend the typical 3-day workshop.   Of those in attendance, 94% indicated that they would do food preservation at home, 87% learned a new technique of food preservation and 74% learned something new about a food preservation technique that they had tried before.  100% of those attending agreed that this format was more adaptable to their personal likes and schedules.


100% of the agents involved agreed that the sharing of responsibilities and teaching made teaching food preservation more manageable.







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