2023 Home Food Preservation Classes

(Updated: June 14, 2023, 10:07 a.m.)

The days are getting longer and the temperature is rising and gardens are being planted. Now is the time to begin thinking about how you are going to preserve the abundance of produce you will have this season.

Nash County Cooperative Extension Family & Consumer Sciences department will be hosting several workshops teaching participants how to properly and safely preserve their food.

Fresh Green and Red vegetables on a table.

We will have daytime and evening workshops on waterbath canning demonstrating how to make jam, fermentation demonstrating how to make sauer kraut, and pressure canning demonstrating how to preserve string beans.

Registration will open for each event one month prior to the event date and registration will be handled through Eventbrite.  Each class will have a $15 per person registration fee and space is limited in the classes. Please see below for the preservation workshops schedule and save the dates on your calendar now. All classes will be held at the Nash Ag Center in the FCS kitchen.

Registration is open now for Water Bath Canning - Strawberry Jam Classes


Water Bath Canning - Strawberry Jam Class


Tuesday, May 9, 2023 6-8pm


Wednesday, May 17, 2023 10am -12pm


Fermentation Class - Saur Kraut


Tuesday, June 6, 2023 6 -8pm


Wednesday, June 14, 2023  10am -12pm


Pressure Canning Class - String Beans


Thursday, July 20, 2023  6-8pm


Monday, July 31, 2023 10am -12pm