UC Master Food Preserver Program

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SPECIAL EVENT - Dinner For Two - Asian Flair

Event Date
Feb 8, 2025

Make dinner for two with this in-person, hands-on class. You and a partner will make ingredients for dinner for 2. You'll pressure can chicken, make a Thai dipping sauce in a steam canner, and get recipes for dry spice blends you can make at home.
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Monthly Pressure Gauge Testing - Free!

Event Date
Nov 13, 2026

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
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Monthly Pressure Gauge Testing - Free!

Event Date
Jul 11, 2025

Second Friday of every month. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.
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Demos at Sebastopol Grange - Free!

Event Date
Oct 8, 2024

Oct 8 6pm : Harissa Sauce Come early for the Home Gardener Produce Exchange/Donation (5-5:45pm) and stay for the UC Master Food Preserver's Demo!...
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Backpacking Meals

Event Date
Sep 21, 2024

This is an in-person demo class where you can learn how to dehydrate snacks and meals for your camping and backpacking adventures. We will demo a complete meal and taste some samples of food you can make to take on the trail. You will go home with lots of recipes to try.
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Ask a UC Master Food Preserver - online!

Event Date
Jun 12, 2024

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for their monthly general Q&A session. A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions, share their tips and encourage you to safely preserve food at home.
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Food and Farm Lab

Event Date
Jun 22, 2024

In this program, presented by UCCE Master Food Preservers of Orange County (https://ucanr.edu/sites/MFPOC/), you will learn how to preserve this months Farmers' Market bounty.
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Pressure Canning

Event Date
May 18, 2024

How to Join the Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Fun: Follow us on Facebook for updates and registration announcements: Link Sign up for our Preservation Notes Newsletter to receive registration links for each event.
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