By Kay Ledbetter
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a Preserving Your Harvest Online Canning Class Series in August.
All classes will be held online from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and those interested should pre-register through Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preserving-your-harvest-canning-series-tickets-113564155446.
The fee is $15 for all three classes, with an additional $2.55 Eventbrite fee.
“Preserving food was almost a lost art, but in the past few years, we’ve seen a resurgence of interest,” said Felice Acker, AgriLife Extension family and community health agent, Castro County. “As more and more people are planting gardens this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to make sure they know how to preserve any food they don’t immediately consume.”
The Preserving Your Harvest classes will be:
–Aug. 4 – Introduction and equipment.
–Aug. 6 – Water bath basics.
–Aug. 11 – Pressure canning basics.
The classes were planned and will be taught by AgriLife Extension family and community health agents, including Acker; Kathy Carr, Bailey County; Sierra Stephens, Yoakum County; Ann Millican, Terry County; Ronda White, Scurry County; Kay Rogers, Dallam and Hartley counties; and Courtney Lowe, AgriLife Extension health agent, Castro, Hale and Lamb counties.
For more information, contact any of these agents at their AgriLife Extension offices in their respective counties.
