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Featured Links
• Tomatoes and Potatoes Infected with Late Blight – Are They Safe for Canning? - All indications are that it is a bad year for light blight disease. How does this affect the home canner?
• Let's Preserve - Detailed processing recommendations for many fruits and
vegetables from Penn State University.
• Let's Preserve Newsletter - Timely discussions on all aspects of home food preservation from Penn State
Lancaster County Cooperative Extension.
• Cost of Preserving and Storing Food - Home food preservation saves money for some people.
For others it may not save anything. Colorado State Extension.
• PaFoodVentures - Information for individuals interested in commercial production of home preserved foods
• Backyard Gardens Need Good Food-Safety Practices, Too. Penn State University News Release.
• Critical food safety issues in home food
preservation - Vacuum packaging, preserving foods in oil, canning
breads and cakes.
Food Preservation Tools and Training Resources
• Preserving Food at Home - A free self-study online course from the National Center for
Home Food Preservation
• So Easy to Preserve DVD - Demonstrations on canning tomatoes, fruits, vegetables, and
specialties; freezing foods; pickling; jams & jellies; and drying foods.
• USDA
Complete Guide to Home Canning (complete text)
• National
Center for Home Food Preservation
• Food Preservation Resources in Spanish
• Canning Supplies and Ingredients
• Elevation Finder (for process time adjustments)
• Fresh Preserving Discussion Boards (discussion group from Ball Inc.)
• FAQs on Home Food Preservation
• Home Food Preservation Jeopardy Game - Play online
• PSU Extension Educator Resources (password required)
