Morning Ag Clips, AP highlight Extension’s Master Food Preserver Program
Morning Ag Clips and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension has been accepting applications for its Master Food Preserver Program. Master Food Preservers teach people how to preserve food and share research from UMaine Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Applications for the program, which includes a $250 fee, must be submitted by May 1. The 10-part-program includes classes about canning basics, pickled and fermented foods, preserving jams and jellies, prevention of foodborne illness and more. Classes will be held 5:30–8:30 p.m. every Tuesday from June 16–Sept. 8, except for the week of Aug. 31, when the class will be held Wednesday, Sept. 2; at UMaine Extension Cumberland County, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth, and at Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick. Applications are on the UMaine Extension website. For additional information, contact instructor Kathy Savoie, UMaine Extension educator, at ksavoie@maine.edu. U.S. News & World Report, WGME (Channel 13), Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, The Washington Times, Fosters.com, Times Union and San Antonio Express-News carried the AP article.