The Bangor Daily News spoke with Laurie Bowen, a community education assistant with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, for an article about safe home-canning methods. “There is a shelf life in home canning,” Bowen said. “If properly processed and preserved, food is good for a year [and] that is why we caution that it read more BDN cites Bowen, UMaine Extension in article on safe home-canning methods