ST. PAUL -- Safe home canned vegetables require processing in a pressure canner. This is important to know if you are planning to home can green beans, peas, carrots or other low-acid vegetables this ...

While many people know and understand basic freezing and dehydrating methods for preserving foods, it becomes a different story when they contemplate bottling. We invited April Litchford, PhD, from ...

Pressure canners allow us to safely preserve low-acid foods at home. Because low-acid foods like vegetables and meat are more susceptible to botulism, these foods must be canned in a pressure canner.

Foods produced during their natural growing season often have greater nutritional value, and canning enables consumers to have more control over their food by preserving seasonal produce. About ...

Cooperative Extension Some of the items used in canning summer's bounty. Consumer Agent Toi Degree will be testing pressure canners through July. Canning season is right on our heels, which means it ...

Canning is a great way to preserve produce from your garden or local farmers market. During the cold winter months, you can grab a jar of preserved food, and the fresh flavors can transport you back ...

As we enter into the canning season, I am here to remind you that it’s time to have your pressure canner gauge tested. Check dial gauges for accuracy before use each year. Gauges that read high cause ...

For safe processing of low-acid foods such as meat, poultry, fish, game and vegetables, home pressure canner dial gauges must be tested every year to ensure accuracy, or if bumped or dropped. If the ...

Canning season will be in full swing soon, and all dial gauge pressure canners should be tested yearly. A free pressure canner testing clinic will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, ...

Marvel Grange will host a pressure canner testing event at 6:15 p.m. May 17 at the Grange Hall, 217 County Road 133A, Marvel. Nicole Clark, La Plata County Extension Family and Consumer Science agent, ...