The Alabama Cooperative Extension System food safety and quality team invites you to attend a food preservation camp this summer! At these camps, regional Extension agents will teach and provide hands-on training on pressure canning, water bath canning, jams and jellies, pickling, drying and freeze drying, and fermentation. Each attendee will prepare products each day and will have several items to carry home to share and enjoy with others.

Details

When: June 28 & 29, July 12 & 13, and July 19 & 20

Where: Albertville, Dothan, and Tuscaloosa

Registration

The cost to attend these camps is $20 each day. Attendees have the option to attend one or two days of the camp. If you are interested in attending, register early. Each camp will be limited to 20 people each day because of the amount of topics being discussed. To register, visit www.aces.edu/go/preservationcamp23.

Locations

The home food preservation camps will be in three locations.

June 28 & 29

• Albertville High School
• Time: 10 a.m.
• Address: 402 East McCord Ave Albertville, AL 35950

July 12 & 13

• National Peanut Festival
• Time: 10 a.m.
• Address: 5622 US Highway 231 S Dothan, AL 36301

July 19 & 20

• Northridge Middle School
• Time: 10 a.m.
• Address: 3811 Northridge Road Tuscaloosa, AL 35406

Schedule

Day One

The food safety and quality team will provide educational talks along with hands-on food preservation methods including pressure canning a vegetable, a demo of canned meat, dehydrating fruits and vegetables, preparing and processing peach jam, and blanching and freezing vegetables.

Day Two

The food safety and quality team will provide educational talks along with hands-on food preservation methods including water bath canning tomatoes and processes for pickling and fermenting vegetables.

More Information

For more information on these food preservation camps, contact Angela Treadaway at treadas@aces.edu.