2010 Vashon Island Food Preservation Fair Resources

Websites:
National Center for Home Food Preservation www.uga.edu/nchfp/ Covers in-depth information on canning, freezing, drying, fermenting, curing and smoking, pickling, making jams and jellies, and storing food Slide show and video tutorials on many preservation techniques Seasonal Tips Factsheets USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning (Click Publications to find this guide) Preserving Food At Home, a Self-Study, a free, self-paced, online course for those wanting to learn more about home canning and preservation. Topics include canning acid and low-acid foods) So Easy to Preserve, a 375-page book with over 185 tested recipes, along with step by step instructions and in-depth information for both the new and experienced food preserver Canning Across America www.canningacrossamerica.com A nationwide, ad-hoc collective of cooks, gardeners and food lovers committed to the revival of the lost art of putting up food. Their website includes information on hosting a canning party, tips for canning with children, a how-to video, pressure canning information, and more. PickYourOwn.org www.pickyourown.org This website provides local listings of U-pick farms. There are crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is available to pick throughout the year, local weather forecasts and really easy illustrated directions to show you how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter and 150 other recipes with step-by-step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve the harvest. Ohio State University Extension ohioline.osu.edu/lines/food.html Another source of how-tos, fact sheets, and recipes.

Books:
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving edited by Judi Kingry and Lauren Devine Putting Food By by Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan How to Dry Foods by Deanna DeLong Dry It, You'll Like It! by Gen MacManiman So Easy to Preserve by Elizabeth Andress and Judy Harrison Root Cellaring, Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables by Mike & Nancy Bubel Stocking Up by the editors of Rodale Press Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage, and Lactic Fermentation by the Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante Wild Fermentation: The Favor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz

Video:
Finding Joy in Canning and Freezing Foods This very informative workshop was presented by Gene and Jan Kuhns at Vashons Food Summit on March 5, 2010 and is now available on DVD. In a very engaging style, Gene and Jan cover water-bath canning, pressure canning, steam juicing, dry-pack canning, freezing, and much more in an hour and twenty minutes. Available at the Resource Table for $5.00, or contact Cathy (see bottom of page).

Food Preservation Tool Library:

Thanks to a Green Seed grant from Sustainable Vashon, Vashon has a Food Preservation Tool Library. Equipment, so far, includes: Apple Peeler/Slicer/Corer Dehydrator Food Mill/Strainer Home Canning Kit 2 Pressure Canners Raw Food Juicer Steam juicer Vacuum Packer 2 Water Bath Canners Equipment may be checked out, by Vashon residents, for up to three days at a time for a suggested donation of $5.00. A $50 damage/replacement deposit is required. For more information, contact Cathy (see bottom of page). Also available (with different lending requirements) is equipment for processing poultry for meat.

The Vision For Vashon Food Security Working Group. It has been said that the best food security is a well-fed neighbor. Formed in the Spring of 2009, the Food Security Working Group seeks to empower our community to become more food secure. We provide educational opportunities to help households learn more about where their food comes from and be more involved in their food procurement and preparation. We also seek to improve food quality and affordability on the Island. We were instrumental in making a weekend-long Food Summit happen in March 2010. (See VashonFoodSummit.org) We periodically provide classes in raising and preparing food. This is our second (we hope, annual) Food Preservation Fair. We would love to have you join us. We meet on the second Sunday of each month at 5:30 pm. To learn more, contact Cathy Fulton, cathy@MariposaGardens.org, 463-5652.