Master Food Preservers
Welcome!
Who We Are and What We Do
UCCE Master Food Preserver volunteers are agents of the University of
At fun, often free classes, we teach you step-by-step methods to preserve food at home:
- Canning: Boiling Water, Steam and Pressure Canning
- Dehydrating and Freezing
- Pickling and Fermenting
COMING SOON!!
AG-VENTURE DAY CAMP
Contact
- Master Food Perservers train every year.
- Click here to get on the Mailing List for updates & Events
UC Food Blog
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Universal school meals increased student participation, lessened stigma
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food and nutrition challenges. Many families initially lost access to meals offered by school and childcare facilities, experienced unemployment or work reductions, and faced increasing prices for food and other...
By Lorrene Ritchie
Editor - Director of the Nutrition Policy Institute and Cooperative Extension Nutrition Specialist -
Can food banks better promote nutrition and health?
New tool helps assess policies and practices An estimated 53 million people in the U.S. turned to food banks and community programs for help putting food on the table in 2021. In recent decades, food banks have adopted policies and practices...
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Richard Smith retires after 37 years of translating science into solutions for vegetable growers
For four decades, when a new plant disease infects fields of lettuce or a new regulation is issued for agriculture, vegetable farmers across the state have turned to Richard Smith, the University of California Cooperative Extension vegetable crops...