The Latest & Greatest on Food Preservation

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 1:15 pm, Sheridan County Extension Agent Sheila Friedrich, will educate you on the importance of proper food preservation methods to prevent food borne illness.

Friedrich says, "We are finding that there is a renewed interest in food preservation among a population of young families. The problem that may come with that is they find an old canning book that their mom or grandmother may have used and follow those instructions. Many of those resources are out of date and not current with the USDA Guidelines for food preservation. A popular attitude seems to be "well they did it that way in the old days, and nobody died". I want to help participants understand why it is important to use scientifically proven methods for preserving foods to prevent food borne illness. My presentation is going to give information about the most current recommendations to follow when preserving. I will also show the audience many free resources available from their Extension Office or on the web that give the most current information."