Food preservation, gardening workshops planned for Bethel

A University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service program assistant will travel to Bethel to teach classes on gardening, food safety and food preservation. 

Jasmine Shaw will lead workshops Sept. 6-8 at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, 420 Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway. All events are free. Register at https://bit.ly/CESBethel. Youths under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult. 

On Friday, Sept. 6, from 5-7 p.m., Shaw will be available to test pressure canner dial gauges and distribute gardening and food preservation information. 

On Saturday, Sept. 7, Shaw will lead two workshops. From 10-11:30 a.m., she will teach the class 10 Steps to Growing Your Own Food, which is tailored to new gardeners and Bethel’s climate. Participants will get hands-on experience and make a small bag of fertilizer. 

From 1-6 p.m., Shaw will teach the class Canning the Harvest. Participants will get hands-on experience pressure canning vegetables and fish, and water-bath canning to preserve berries, jams and jellies. The class is for all experience levels.

From 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8, Shaw will teach a pickling and fermentation class for all experience levels. 

For more information, contact Shaw at 907-747-9440 or jdshaw2@alaska.edu.  

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Shaw. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

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