Home Canning Class

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Introduction to Safe Canning Principles Workshop 

An introduction to safe canning principles workshop  will be held Saturday, August 29, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the University of Arizona, Yavapai County Cooperative Extension Office, 840 Rodeo Dr, Bldg C.   The workshop will be presented by Marta Elva Stuart, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, who will introduce basic food safety principles to properly can foods using the hot water bath method for high acid foods and the pressure canner method for low acid foods.  Free pressure canner testing will be provided from noon to 2:00 p.m. (we do not test All-American pressure canners).  There is a $10 fee for the workshop and preregistration is required.  Make check payable to the University of Arizona and send to:  Attn:  Canning Workshop, Yavapai County Cooperative Extension, 840 Rodeo Dr. Bldg C, Prescott, AZ  86305.  For additional information contact Marta Stuart at  (928)445-6590 x225.