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Family & Consumer Sciences

Food Preservation 


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Upcoming Events

Oct 6 Homemade Pepper Jelly Preservation Workshop - Spalding County Griffin, GA - (84.0 miles) Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn the basics of home food preservation. In this class, participants will learn how to safely make and preserve pepper jelly using a research-based water-bath canning method.
Oct 7 Apple Preserves- Food Preservation Canning Workshop Cumming, GA - (53.0 miles) Join a hands-on class and learn the process of canning. Learn the ways to properly preserve jams and jellies using water bath canning. Each participant will go home with a jar of apple preserves.
Oct 15 Cobb County Food Preservation Workshop - Apple Pie Filling Marietta, GA - (75.0 miles) Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn the basics of home food preservation. In this class, participants will make apple pie filling while learning safe, research-based methods for preserving fruit fillings using water-bath canning. Seating is limited.
Oct 15 Canning Apples - Coweta County Food Preservation Workshop Newnan, GA - (107.0 miles) Join a hands-on class and learn how to make canned apples. Learn the ways to properly preserve using water bath canning. Also learn more about the process of drying apples and also recipes for apple pie filling and apple butter.
Oct 20 Apple Butter-Ware County Home Food Preservation Series Waycross, GA - (210.0 miles) Join a hands-on class to learn how to safely make and can apple butter.
Oct 26 ServSafe® Manger Certification Training and Exam - Monroe County Forsyth, GA - (88.0 miles) Georgia Cooperative Extension provides nationally recognized and accredited ServSafe® training for food service managers from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). Upon successful completion of the ServSafe® examination, the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager Certificate will be issued by the NRAEF. Limited spaces are available. You must register by calling our office: 478-994-7014

Resources from UGA Extension - Family and Consumer Science 


Here are some of UGA Extension's most popular resources on family, food, health, home, and money.

UGA Extension Mental Well-being The UGA Extension Behavioral Health Team offers resources on emotional well-being, stress management and substance abuse prevention for farmers and farm families.
Start a New Food Business A collection of resources to help you get started with your small food business.
Marriage Matters Series Looking for ways to strengthen your relationship? Whether you have just started dating, have been married for a while, or have been married more than once, we can always use some guidance in developing and maintaining a healthy and satisfying relationship.
Childcare Provider Training Entity-approved training to help child care providers meet state licensing requirements. Check the calendar for training events near you.
Your Good Credit Series Establishing, maintaining, and protecting Your Good Credit can save you thousands of dollars over time. This series will teach you the basics of credit reports and scores.
So Easy to Preserve This book covers topics on preserving food, canning, pickled products, sweet spreads and syrups, freezing and drying. Available for purchase only.
Eat Healthy, Be Active A flexible 3-week schedule of hands-on activities meant to improve young children's health and well-being by teaching key nutrition and physical activity concepts.
Radon Education Radon is a colorless, tasteless odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. It occurs naturally and is released into the soil, easily entering buildings through the foundation. The only way to know if you have radon is to test.
Building Baby's Brain Series What happens during a child's first few years makes a big difference in the child's later life. This series helps parents learn strategies to improve early brain development.

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