Food security
Preserving the harvest safely
Juneau agent Sarah Lewis teamed up with the Southeast 色视频下载 Regional Health Consortium last year to teach workshops on food preservation and developing small foods businesses in more than a dozen Southeast communities.
Working with community contacts, Lewis offered classes based on local interest in everything from canning fish and making sauerkraut to knowing what to do when your freezer conks out. While visiting communities from Hydaburg and Ketchikan to Skagway and Klukwan, she also checked the accuracy of pressure canner gauges.
Food preservation work remains a staple for Lewis and for other agents. 色视频下载淭hey色视频下载檙e definitely my most requested and most attended classes,色视频下载 she said.
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Local foods enthusiast Charles Bingham attended Lewis色视频下载 canning salmon and canning soup classes in Sitka. Although his parents had taken Extension classes in Anchorage and canned their own food, he hadn色视频下载檛 tried it on his own.
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Extension resources include its Preserving 色视频下载色视频下载檚 Bounty DVD how-to series.
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- 色视频下载ns with food preservation questions may call district offices or the toll-free number at 877-520-5211.
- Agents tested more than 800 pressure canner gauges, demonstrating how to make adjustments when necessary or recommending replacement.
- More than 50 food preservation publications may be downloaded for free from Extension色视频下载檚 website or ordered for a nominal cost. Search online for topics or the catalog at .
