Class 7 Resources: Low Acid Canning
April 3 & 4, 2025
Resources:
- Pressure Canning Basics Booklet
- Botulism Survivor Urges Safe Canning
- Presto Digital Pressure Canning Article
- 2025 Low Acid Canning - Breakout Room Instructions
- 2025 Low Acid Canning - student handout
- 2025 Low Acid Discussion Questions
Class 6 Resources: Fruit Spreads
March 13 & 14, 2025
Resources:
- Jam Ingredient Youth Mini Lesson
- Homemade Liquid Pectin
- Using Clear Jel in Jams
- Pectin Facts
- Pre-Sterilizing Jars
- Judging Fruit Spreads
- Judging Preserved Foods - full handbook (51 pages)
- Citrus Class Booklet (52 pages)
- Video: Should you use Pectinase?
- 2025 Fruit Spreads Discussion Questions
- 2025 Fruit Spreads - student handout
- 2025 Breakout room: Methods Not Recommended
Class 5 Resources: Pickling & Fermenting
February 27 & 28, 2025
Resources:
- Class PPT slides handout
- Discussion questions
- Program breakout room topic: Sample Helpline Question (question given during class)
- Research report: Listeria monocytogenes survival in refrigerator dill pickles - NCHFP
- How to Make Quick Refrigerator Pickles - NC State Extension
- Kombucha recipe #1 - Colorado State Extension
- Kombucha recipe #2 - Cornell video
- Kimchi recipe - Colorado State Extension
- Flavored vinegars - Georgia
- Salt Measurement Conversion Sites
- PennState: Advice about Vinegar
- Epicurious: We Tested the Famous Pickle Flip Jar
Class 4 Resources: High Acid Canning
February 13 or 14, 2025
- PPT slides used in class (3/page)
- Discussion questions
- Program Breakout Room Instructions
- High Acid Canning Teaching Talking Points
- MFP Internal Recipe Resources
- Canning Steps (same as the laminated sheet included with your class manuals)
- Using Clear Jel (WSU Extension)
- Fruit Pie Fillings (OSU Extension)
- Canning Substitutions (UW Extension)
- Guidelines for using a Steam Canner for Home Food Preservation (UW Extension)
- General High Acid Canning Training Skills Checklist (used during labs)
Class 3 Resources: Cold Storage
January 30 or 31, 2025
- Cold Storage Discussion questions for class
- Slide handout for Cold Storage class to print for note taking (optional)
- Program Breakout Room Activity Questions
- Internal Resources and Recipes (from statewide MFP site)
- Measuring Savvy
- Tips for Teaching Knife Skills
- Harvesting & Story Fresh Garden Vegetables
- Quick Chill Activity for Cold Storage (making fake gravy and chilling in different sized containers
- Foods That Do Not Freeze Well
- Methods of Wrapping
- Freezing Animal Products
- MFP Freezing Tips
- Being a MFP - What we do - Extend Research-based Information
Class 2 Resources: Food Safety
January 23 & 24, 2025
- Food Safety Discussion questions for class
- Food Safety Slides - Student Handout
- Cleaning and Sanitizing the Kitchen
- Iowa State Extension Video: Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Safe Dishwashing Without an Automatic Dishwasher
for Home, Community Events, and Outdoor Activities - Food Safety Quick Tips
- Storing Food for Safety and Quality - PNW 612
- MFP Keep Your Food from Spoiling (brochure, Handout)
- Reference Handout: Growing Seed Sprouts at Home
- It must have been the potato salad" article, Michigan State University Extension
- Mini Food Safety Lesson
- Molds on Food: Are they Dangerous?
- What are Fungi? Fun Facts
Class 1 Resources: Orientation
January 16 & 17, 2025
- Course syllabus
- Student handout - pdf of class slides, 3 slides per page
- Emcee Script
- MFP Social Media List
- 2025 Online Class Schedule with registration links
- Knife safety & skills videos (scroll to bottom of page)