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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2025 - Jun 30, 2026


Success StoryFood Preservation - Boiling Water



Food Preservation - Boiling Water

Author: Katherine Alexander

Planning Unit: Daviess County CES

Major Program: Food Preservation

Plan of Work: Building Lifeskills

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Webster County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent offered a food preservation workshop for a total of seven participants. One-hundred percent of participants identified research based methods of home food preservation as a result of the program. One-hundred percent of participants differentiated between high and low acid foods and 100% of them accurately prepared food products using the boiling water canning method of preservation. One-hundred person identified signs of spoilage in home canned foods. A three-month follow-up evaluation revealed that 75% of participants utilized the research based method of boiling water canning to safely preserve harvested foods from home gardens utilizing skills learned from the program.