Food preservation workshops set for Kenai Peninsula communities
Wild-caught, home-canned salmon, such as this batch, is some of the best eating fish to be found on any dinner table. Workshops in Homer and Soldotna in early June will teach participants a safe, tested method to can fish.
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
July 26, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host a series of food preservation classes, including one about canning fish, and offer other services in Homer and Soldotna in June.
Extension’s home, health and horticulture agent, Leif Albertson, and its urban extension director, DeShana York, will teach the classes, test pressure canner gauges and answer questions.
On Saturday, June 24, they will be at the Homer Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to answer questions and test pressure canner gauges. From 4:30-6:30 p.m., Albertson will teach a fish canning workshop at Homer United Methodist Church, 770 East End Road. All materials will be provided, and students will leave with their own jar of canned fish. Cost is $45. Registration: bit.ly/HomerCES.
On June 6, from 10:30 a.m.-noon, Albertson and York will teach a free class on the basics of food preservation and freeze-drying at Homer Public Library, 500 Hazel Ave.
Later on June 6, they will travel to Soldotna to teach the fish canning workshop from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, 33955 Community College Drive. Cost is $45. Registration: bit.ly/SoldotnaCES.
On June 7, they will teach a free class on food preservation and freeze-drying from noon-1:30 p.m., also at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.
On Wednesday, June 8, York will be at the Soldotna Wednesday Market at Soldotna Creek Park, 251 States Ave., to answer questions and test pressure canner gauges. York also will discuss assistive technology and the Alaska AgrAbility program.
For more information, contact York at 907-786-6330 or ddyork@alaska.edu.
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