UAF Cooperative Extension to host workshops, test gauges in Bethel
Jasmine Shaw, pictured, will lead workshops and answer food preservation questions in Bethel on Sept. 2-3.
Julie Stricker
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Aug. 26, 2025
Jasmine Shaw, a program assistant for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service, will be in Bethel on Sept. 2-3 to lead free food preservation workshops and test pressure canning gauges. She will also answer questions and offer free publications.
From 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 2, participants will learn to make healthy, home-canned vegetable soups from garden to pantry using a pressure cooker. They will also learn to make vegetable pickles using the water bath method.
From noon-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, residents can bring their pressure canner dial gauges to Shaw for a free test to determine if the gauge is accurate and functioning properly. New or unused gauges should be tested before first use. This is also a good time to drop in with any food preservation or gardening questions and pick up free publications on both those topics.
Youths and families are invited to a jam-making session from 4 to 6 p.m. Participants can bring berries from home, or store-bought fruit will be provided.
All events will be held at the Kuskokwim Consortium Library, 420 State Highway, Bethel.
For more information, contact Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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