Food Safety

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Funky Cabbage: Sauerkraut and Kimchi (online)

Event Date
Mar 27 2025

Join us to learn about the basics of making sauerkraut and kimchi. You’ll learn about what you need to make these funky fermented foods, what to do if you find mold, and how to preserve them.  Register to receive the link
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Vegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic Systems

Event Date
May 1 2025

Join UCCE Imperial County extension adviser's as they present theVegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic SystemsThis workshop will feature presentations on various aspects of agriculture in Southwest desert region including vegetable disease updates and management, emergent…
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Ask A UC Master Food Preserver - Online Q&A

Event Date
Apr 2 2025

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.
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Central Sierra: The Two-Hour Rule

June 12, 2025
Preserve It! Food on the counter for longer than two hours is potentially unsafeby UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie LewisWhether you are serving a family meal or setting out food for that garden party or potluck, we want everyone to be safe. The memories of those meals should be the…
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Central Sierra: Freezing Eggs (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
 Preserve It! Freezing eggs is a viable and safe option  by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis  Eggs:  Such a perfect source of nutrition, a complete protein in a small oval shell. If you have fresh eggs from your own chickens or a local source, that’s wonderful…
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Central Sierra: Let's Talk Canning Jars (EDC MFP)

June 12, 2025
 Preserve It!  Properly using canning jars helps ensure a safe outcome  by UCCE Master Food Preserver of El Dorado County Laurie Lewis   We are well into spring, heading toward summer. Seed catalogs were dog-eared months ago, seed packets are in a basket (or perhaps already opened…
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Calfresh Healthy Living, UC Cooperative Extension educators stand next to partners at St. Mary's Community Services in front of the family lodge in Stockton
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Budgeting course provides ‘head start’ for people in transitional housing

April 7, 2025
By Michael Hsu
St. Mary’s – a community-based organization in Stockton that provides essential services, social services, health services, and emergency shelter and housing services – started offering the basic money-management class in January 2024. It's the result of a partnership with University of California…
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Central Sierra: About That Vinegar—Read The Label! (EDC MFP)

March 20, 2025
Preserve It! Beware (and be aware) of vinegar with low acidity on store shelves  by UCCE Master Food Preserver Laurie Lewis  There’s a concern that, in the past few years, we have been seeing white vinegar with 4-percent acidity on store shelves. All our tested, safe recipes for home food…
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