Capitol Corridor

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

Learn how to safely prepare, freeze, and dehydrate fresh strawberries to enjoy their sweet flavor long after the season ends. This session will cover best practices for handling and storing berries to preserve quality and reduce waste. 

The Forest Stewardship and Post-fire Forest Resilience Programs are collaborating with CAL FIRE's Lewis A. Moran Reforestation Center to host a field trip to the nursery facility in Davis, CA. Join us as we discuss cone collection and processing; seed processing; propagation and seedling care; and how forest…

A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions and share their tips so you can safely and successfully preserve food at home.

Join us in this second class in the series focused on low acid canning. 

Join us to learn about how to make kombucha, a refreshing drink made from fermenting tea. We’ll teach you how to maintain a healthy SCOBY (a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) to make kombucha, and how to do a second fermentation flavored with various fruits.

Excited to seal the deal on water bath or atmospheric steam canning this year but need some guidance? Join us for a 1 hour exploration of high acid canning basics covering both methods! We will discuss the differences and benefits of each method and tour several canner equipment types as well as a live…

Please email Michael Ryan at mtryan@ucanr.edu for zoom link.

Join the UC Master Gardeners for a hands-on gardening workshop where you will learn about Raised Bed Veggie Planting. Mark your calendar for March 10 at 1 pm and head over to the West Sacramento Community Center (1075 W. Capital Avenue).