canning

Cooking pickled vegetables. Salting various vegetables in glass jars for long-term storage. (Adobe Stock │ #275525226- senteliaolga)
Food Safety, Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Make a plan for preserving foods before you plant this spring

Make a plan prior to planting that takes into account how much of the crop you plan to eat fresh, and how much you may want to preserve for later use. Read More

Wyoming Homestead Rendezvous (University of Wyoming Extension)
Regional Roundup, Western Region, Wyoming

UW Extension to offer Homesteading conference

Mason jars of Red Strawberry jam. (Adobe Stock │ #308462207 - Jennifer)
Home and Family, Recipes

K-State food scientist shares tips on safely canning homegrown foods



The Kansas Value Added Foods Lab is hosting a two-day online class to help food operators and manufacturers learn the correct procedures for producing thermally processed acidified foods. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

K-State food scientist outlines steps to canning frozen food safely

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Chocolate (AI generated image)

It’s almost canning season: Have you thought about chocolate?

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Peeled raw pumpkin slices close up on cutting board (Photo: iStock - Nature, food, landscape, travel)

Pumpkin Power: 4 Ways to Prepare this Healthy Fall Favorite

Home canning is not recommended for any mashed pumpkin or winter squash, said K-State food scientist Karen Blakeslee. (K-State Research and Extension)

How to preserve pumpkins this fall

  • By Maddy Rohr │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Kansas State University Research and Extension food scientist Karen Blakeslee says it is not recommended to can tomatoes that have frozen while on the vine. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Can frozen tomatoes be canned?  

(Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

K-State food safety specialist shares do’s and don’ts of canning

Food preservation virtual learning

Home food preservation will be the focus of UW Extension online course