Nutrition & Health

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Come visit the Food Preservation and Baked Goods Building at the Mariposa County Fair and chat with a Master Food Preserver!...

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County will be available to answer your gardening questions or just chat about gardening! For more information about the Farmers Market, visit eldoradofarmersmarket.

Condiments make the world go round. BBQ sauces, hot sauces, sweet and sour sauces, Asian condiments. We will teach boiling water canning including waterbath and atmospheric steam canning while sharing fun condiment recipes. Take them home and fill your pantry with the condiments your family loves.

Come meet us in the garden at the Farm + Food Lab for a discussion of one of the easiest and versatile methods of preserving Dehydration. Learn how to use kitchen items you already have and see what is available to up your drying game.

Go beyond dill pickles! Many other vegetables and fruits can become a pickled or fermented product, without canning to be enjoyed in the short term, or canned for a shelf-stable product for year-round enjoyment.

CACG Canning Event...

Ask a UC Master Food Preserver - Live! Online via Zoom Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers on Wednesday February 14, 2024 for a general Q&A session.

A regular workday at the demo garden on Thursdays, 11am to 1pm. The gate will indeed be open and members of the public are welcome to drop in and enjoy the garden and ask for advice. There will be public demos and plant sales. Share in garden produce, free seed exchange and local gardening advice.

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for their monthly general Q&A session. A panelist 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.