BDN previews UMaine Extension’s ‘Preserving the Harvest’ workshops
The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a series of “Preserving the Harvest” workshops from York to Knox counties from October into November. The workshops focus on how to preserve fresh food by fermenting, freezing or canning, according to the article. Kate McCarty, a food preservationist with UMaine Extension, will lead a workshop Oct. 14 at Bonny Eagle Middle School in Buxton where she will teach attendees how to make an apple chutney, the article states. She said her goal is to make confident canners out of novices. “It’s a lot of fun. You get to go home with a jar of what we make and the kitchen skills to can safely in the future,” she said. McCarty also shows participants how to use equipment and boil cans properly. “We’ve seen a big growth in demand for our preservation programs,” she said. “Everyone is concerned with food safety, so I spend a lot of time on that.”