Whether you're preserving your harvest or you've purchased locally grown fruits or vegetables, canning, freezing, and drying can be effective ways to serve foods that taste harvest-fresh at a later date. To ensure that the products you serve are safe, it is important to follow tested guidelines for safely preserving foods by these methods. Cooperative Extension offers both information and hands-on, small group training in a variety of home food preservation topics.
National Center for Home Food Preservation Website at http://nchfp.uga.edu/
The site includes science-based information on home food preservation,
publications, and links to other Extension sites. The Center was
established with funding from the Cooperative State
Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (CSREES-USDA) to address food safety concerns for those who
practice and teach home food preservation and processing methods.
So Easy to Preserve, University of Georgia, Cooperative Extension, 6th Edition (July 2014).
This
edition contains the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture
recommendations for safe food preservation, along with step-by-step
instructions and in-depth information for both the new and experienced
food preserver. For more information and to order, visit: http://setp.uga.edu/
2020 Resource List from Cornell Cooperative Extension
Complete Guide to Home Canning, USDA, revised 2009.
Available online at: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publication...
To order a hard copy, see http://www.extension.purdue.edu/store
Canning Equipment: CCE of Saratoga County has compiled helpful fact sheets on Using a Steam Canner, Using Boiling Water Canners, and Using Pressure Canners.
Penn State University Food Preservation Data Base.
This site is at http://extension.psu.edu/food/preservationlinks to approved recipes, food preservation questions and answers, kitchen unit conversions, and food safety.
See also: http://extension.psu.edu/food/safety
which addresses food safety issues; includes links to commercial
companies selling preservation supplies & equipment.
Cost of Preserving and Storing Food, Colorado State University, 2008 updated 2014, includes a downloadable 4-page PDF on this topic.
The Cornell Food Venture Center (CFVC) provides comprehensive assistance to beginning and established food entrepreneurs to help enhance food safety, satisfy regulatory compliance and promote economic development. The CFVC provides access to educational materials, industry resources, workshops, and direct assistance for product and process validation for safety and stability, as well as guidance in local, state, and federal regulations for food manufacture
Please click here for more information: MFP Workshop May 2023
Amanda Henning
Agriculture & Food Systems Team Leader
app27@cornell.edu
(716) 433-8839 ext. 231
Last updated March 20, 2023