Nutrition & Health

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.

Is there anything more satisfying on a cold winter day than a bowl of homemade soup? Turkey Day is over, and hopefully youve saved those turkey bones to make your own homemade turkey stock to use in soups and stews and many other delicious meals.

Come see the Master Food Preservers of Orange County! We will be at the Orange County Fair Friday July 19th - Sunday August 18. Wednesday through Sunday: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County will be available to answer your gardening questions or just chat about gardening! For more information about the Farmers Market, visit eldoradofarmersmarket.

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County will be available to answer your gardening questions or just chat about gardening! For more information about the Farmers Market, visit eldoradofarmersmarket.

The South Coast Research & Extension Centers Open House & Urban Expo is happening Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 9am 2pm. There will be UG AG & Natural Resource Academics, UC Master Food Preservers and Master Gardeners of Orange County on hand to answer all your questions.

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for their monthly general Q&A session. A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions, share their tips and encourage you to safely preserve food at home.

Curious about canning your own food at home? Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers at this free introductory online class and learn how to use boiling water and atmospheric steam canners to can jams and jellies.

Learn it! Preserve it! Take it Home! Cost $25 Advance registration required. How to Join the Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Fun: Follow us on Facebook for updates and registration announcements: Link Sign up for our Preservation Notes Newsletter to receive registration links for each event.

A regular workday at the demo garden on Thursdays, 11am to 1pm. The gate will indeed be open and members of the public are welcome to drop in and enjoy the garden and ask for advice. There will be public demos and plant sales. Share in garden produce, free seed exchange and local gardening advice.