Home food preservation season is beginning, with gardens starting to bloom.
Planning is an important step in the preservation process. To ensure safety, home canning supplies and equipment need to be inventoried and checked before preparing to preserve any food.
To understand a little bit more about why preparing for home food preservation season is so important, especially when it comes to canning low acid foods, I interviewed Martha Zepp to help understand the importance of proper pressure canning and testing pressure canner dial gauges.
Zepp is the home food preservation consultant at Penn State Extension in Lancaster County. She holds a bachelorâs degree in home economics education and a masterâs degree in family economics from Penn State University.
Canning season is quickly approaching, so it is a good time to review the fundamentals of canning jars and lids, including selecting the right products and using them properly.
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Brush Up on Your Canning Skills
A series of webinars from Penn State Extension covers the basics of food preservation.
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June 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
The growing season has barely gotten underway, but it’s not too soon to extend the life of the harvest. Canning, pickling, drying and other methods of food preservation will be covered in a series of webinars by Penn State Extension. They start June 9 with an introduction to drying, followed by pressure canning (June 22), steam canning (June 30) and water bath canning (July 26). These 90-minute recorded sessions will be sent to those who register. An interactive session called “Home Food Preservation: Ask the Experts” will also be held at noon on June 28. Some sessions are free, others have a $5 fee.