Unless otherwise stated, we meet the third Saturday of the month at 1:30p at
San Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo, 17170 Bernardo Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92128.
FYI - Our new bigger meeting room at Oasis is The Innovation Center on the lower level.
In-person and on Zoom
November 16, 2024, 1:30p -3p Oasis RB
MEET THE MASTER FOOD PRESERVERS
With a focus on holiday food safety, a panel of UCANR Certified Master Food Preservers will teach us about the safest ways to preserve and prepare our home gardens' bounty, based on current scientific research.
Mission
The UC Master Food Preserver Program's mission is to keep Californians safe and well as they use culturally appropriate, research-based practices to safely preserve food in the home, reducing food waste, increasing food security, and providing engaging ways for Californians to explore healthy food.
Purpose
UCCE Master Food Preserver volunteers are agents of the University of California and work through the UC Cooperative Extension to educate the community on the safe practices of food preservation. Some of the activities done by MFPs areWork in the community as local food preservation specialists.Teach classes on various food preservation topics.Answer food preservation inquiries by email.Staff information booths and present food preservation demonstrations at local events.Provide accuracy testing of Presto home pressure canners for the public.
UCCE Master Food Preservers of San Diego County offer education on the following food preservation methods:
Food Safety
Low-Acid & High-Acid Food
Canning
Dehydration
Refrigeration & Freezing
Pickling & Fermentation
Want to Become a UC Master Food Preserver?
The UC Master Food Preserver Program is open to individuals looking to increase community knowledge in home food preservation methods. Applicants for the UC Master Food Preserver Program must be willing to share knowledge and skills learned from certification training through local community outreach. Prior food preservation knowledge is not a requirement; willingness to teach others is.
Examples of community outreach from UC Master Food Preservers:
Classes and workshops
Hands-on demonstrations
County fairs
Websites and blogs
Print and digital media
How UC Master Food Preservers make a difference:
Teach safe and food preservation methods in local communities
Share knowledge about preserving fresh and healthy produce
Prevent botulism in home canning
Promote research-based methods of food handling and food preparation
Interested in the Online Only program where volunteers provide all outreach activities online? Sign up here to be added to their training interest list.
Master Food Preserver Training Courses
Once accepted into the UC Master Food Preserver program from a local UCCE county office, applicants will receive more than 50 hours of training over the course of 16 weeks from the University of California division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Training topics include:
Food safety
Equipment
Boiling water and pressure canning
Canning jams and jellies
High acid foods
Low acid foods
Pickling
Dehydration
Freezing and refrigeration
Teaching and program implementation
In exchange for education and certification, new UC Master Food Preservers are required to volunteer a minimum of 50 hours in the first year and 25 hours each year subsequently. UC Master Food Preservers must complete a minimum of 12 hours of continuing education per year, starting their second year.
Unless otherwise stated, we meet the third Saturday of the month at 1:30p at San Diego Oasis in Rancho Bernardo.
FYI - Our new bigger meeting room at Oasis is The Innovation Center on the lower level.
Did you know that Oasis has a personal water bottle refilling station? Bring your own water bottle to the meeting and fill up! Let's keep plastic to a minimum.
And! If you buy a SD Hort Logo Stainless Steel Wine glass (great for water too) on our SD Hort Merch site, proceeds of which go toward School Garden Grants and Scholarships, and bring it to a meeting (or any refillable bottle), show it when you check in and you will get an extra doorprize drawing ticket!
Members, remember to use your discount code at checkout on our merchandise store when ordering. Don't know the code? Email info@sdhort.org using the email associated with your membership and a code to save 10% OFF your order will be emailed to you.
MEETING LOCATION:
San Diego Oasis
17170 Bernardo Center Dr
San Diego, CA 92128
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