Ever wonder how to preserve all those great garden vegetables? Our hands-on food preservation workshops will teach you some basics steps, like how to use pressure canners and water bath canners to preserve pickles, jam, and vegetables. Learn from the experts. We will provide fresh produce and canning jars.

Preserving the Harvest
Various locations in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, and Somerset Counties
Workshop leader: Kathy Savoie, MS, RD, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

You will receive Preserving the Harvest Resource Materials.

Workshop Schedule

Preserving the Harvest: Tomatoes and Salsa!
August 27, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Jillson's Farmstand
143 Jordan Bridge Road, Sabbatus
Register by calling 1-800-287-1458 (in Maine) by August 25
Cost: $10

"Preserving the Harvest" display September 13, 2008 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Skillins Greenhouses in Falmouth, Cumberland and Brunswick Cost: Free

September 15, 2008
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Bridgton Memorial School
5 Skillins Circle, Bridgton
Register by calling 647-5054 ext. 21 by September 10
Cost: Course fee: $20 and Lab fee: $10

September 18, 2008
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Richard J. Martin Community Center
189 Alfred Street, Biddeford
Register by calling 282-3883 by September 16
Cost: Course fee: $9 and Lab fee: $10

October 7, 2008
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Region 9 Adult Education, 377 River Road, Mexico
Register by calling Sally at 1-207-364-2012 by October 3
Cost: $11

Call the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office at (207) 780-4205 or 800-287-1471 (in Maine) for more information or to register. Registration required. Space is limited.

Preserving Your Harvest
Penobscot County
Workshop leader: Louise Kirkland, CFLE, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Course and Materials Fee: $18.00 per person.

This workshop is repeated on four different dates. Select a date that is best for you.

August 27, 2008 (Sorry, this workshop is full)
9:30 AM - 1:30PM
Hitchner Hall, Room 159 and food lab, University of Maine, Orono, ME

September 3, 2008 (Sorry, this workshop is full)
5:30 PM - 9:30PM
Hitchner Hall, Room 159 and food lab, University of Maine, Orono, ME

September 8, 2008
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
First Congregational Church, Lincoln, ME

Sign up online or call University of Maine Cooperative Extension Penobscot County office at (207) 942-7396 or 800-287-1485 (in Maine) to pre-register or to be put on a waiting list if the workshop is full. Pre-registration required. Classes limited to 10 participants.