Date: June 18, 2013
Topic: Preserving Low-Sugar Strawberry Jam
Location: UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Dr, Falmouth
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $15 (scholarships are available)
To register: Call Lois Elwell at 207-781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) or register online
Come learn how to preserve those freshly picked strawberries! Kate McCarty, Community Educator and Master Food Preserver Volunteers are offering a hands-on low-sugar strawberry jam canning class. Bring a pot holder with you as the take home product will be warm to the touch.
Make this your year to learn how to preserve all of your garden produce! Check our website often for current Preserving workshops
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Date: May 29, 2013
Topic: Preserving Fiddleheads
Location: UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Dr, Falmouth
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $15 (scholarships are available)
To register: Call Lois Elwell at 207-781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) or register online
Taught by: Kate McCarty, Community Educator and Master Food Preserver Volunteers
Ever wonder how to preserve all those great garden vegetables? University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s hands-on food preservation workshops will teach you the basics of canning and freezing, including how to use pressure canners and water bath canners to preserve pickles, jam, and vegetables. Learn from the experts. We will provide fresh produce and canning jars. For a current listing of upcoming food preserving workshops go to: http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/hands-on-workshops/
Maine Home Garden News is published during the Maine gardening season. The May issue is now available at:
http://umaine.edu/gardening/maine-home-garden-news/
To receive this free online gardening newsletter:
For more information, contact us at 1-800-287-1471. UMaine Extension no longer designs “for print” publications, except for as needed by clients who don’t have online access including e-mail.
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Educator, Kathy Savoie, offers food safety training to occasional volunteer quantity cooks called “Cooking for Crowds”. These workshops meet the Good Shepherd Food-Bank safety training requirements. If you volunteer at local food fund-raising events, you may want to attend. The cost is $15.00 per person. Register online.
In April 2013 separate workshops are offered at UMaine Regional Learning Center, UMaine Extension, 75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Register by April 3
Thursday, April 25, 2013
1:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Register by April 18
For more information e-mail: lois.elwell@maine.edu or call 781.6099 or 1.800.287.1471 (toll free in Maine)
Do you want to learn more about food safety as a volunteer quantity cook?
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County announces three separate workshops on food safety training called ”Cooking for Crowds” for volunteer quantity cooks to be held at 75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, Maine
This workshop meets Good Shepherd Food-Bank food safety training requirements.
Plan to attend one of our workshops listed below:
When: Mar 26 (register by 3/19/13) OR
Apr 10 (register by 4/3/13) OR
Apr 25 (register by 4/18/13)
Time: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Cost: $15 (Scholarships are available)
To register:
Online at: http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-safety/cooking-for-crowds/
FMI call 207-781-6099 or 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine only)
What you will learn:
Participants will receive Cooking for Crowds Resource Manual, thermometers and more!
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Announces March & April 2013 Cooking for Crowds workshops.
March 26 (register by March 19)
April 10 (register by April 3)
April 25 (register by April 18)
Volunteers learn up-to-date methods for safely preparing, handling and serving food for large groups such as churches, club affiliation fundraisers, PTA, food pantries, Granges, and others. This workshop meets the Good Shepherd Food-Bank Food Safety training requirements. The cost is $15.00 (scholarship available). All workshops offered at 1pm-5pm.
You may request a specific Cooking for Crowds workshop for your group.
Register online: http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-safety/cooking-for-crowds/ or call 781-6099 for more information.
In anticipation of strawberry season and preserving these tasty Maine treats, UMaine Cooperative Extension offers resources on using and preserving strawberries and other wonderful Maine grown produce. Feel free to share these resources with your family and friends.
Food Preservation: “How To” videos
http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/how-to-videos/
Food Preservation Hands-on Workshops
http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/hands-on-workshops/
Pressure Gauge Testing Service
http://umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/pressure-gauge-testing-service/
Publications including USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, Let’s Preserve fact sheet series and the Canning and Freezing Quick Guides:
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Strawberries are ready! Come learn how to preserve low sugar strawberry jam at the Preserving the Harvest─A Hands On Food Preservation Workshops being held in June and July.
Kate McCarty, Program Aide, Food Preservation and other Master Food Preservers of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will teach you the basic steps for canning and freezing.
Low Sugar Strawberry Preserving Workshops using Hot Water Bath Method of canning are being offered at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 75 Clearwater Dr., Suite 104, Falmouth, ME 04105.
Call 781-6099 to register for either workshop:
June 26 5:30PM-8:30PM $10.00 materials fee (scholarships available)
July 10 5:30PM-8:30PM $10.00 materials fee (scholarships available)
Canning workshops will be taught by University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Kate McCarty, Program Aide and Master Food Preservers Volunteers.
Location: UMaine Regional Learning Center, 75 Clearwater Dr. Suite 104, Falmouth, ME 04105
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: $10 (scholarships are available)
To register: call 207-781-6099 or 800-287-1471
June 26, 2012 - Hot Water Bath Canning and Freezing: Strawberry Jam
July 10, 2012 - Hot Water Bath Canning and Freezing: Strawberry Jam
July 31, 2012 - Hot Water Bath Canning and Freezing: Dilly Beans
For more information email lois.elwell@maine.edu
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