Recommended reading:
• The Ball Blue Book of Preserving (available where canning supplies are sold)
• The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning (available for download at http://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html).
• So Easy to Preserve, from the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service (available for purchase at http://setp.uga.edu/).
Upcoming classes:
• Canning and Freezing Workshop with Linnette Goard, Food Safety Field Specialist for the OSU Extension, Aug. 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Buckeye Library, 6625 Wolff Road, Medina. Call 330-725-4415 to register. The class is free, but registration is required. Pressure gauge testing, 5:30 to 6 p.m., $5 per gauge.
• Jarden Home Brands, maker of Ball brand home canning products, is hosting its third annual National Can-It-Forward Day on Saturday. A live free webcast will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. featuring demonstrations on canning. Participate by tuning into the webcast at www.freshpreserving.com, or following the events on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter, #canitforward.
Extra help:
• Contact Goard at 330-725-4911, ext. 107 or by email at goard.1@osu.edu.
• Contact the Medina County Extension office at 330-725-4911 ext. 117.
• Visit the website for the Ohio State University department of family and consumer sciences at www.fcs.osu.edu.
