Food preservation basics videos

These short, informational YouTube videos provide a hands-on look at food preservation methods, food safety, and creating and judging 4-H food preservation projects.

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Food preservation methods

• Food preservation methods: explore the options(5:06)

• Must have, know about food preservation resources(2:51)

Canning 

• Boiling water canning method(8:21)

• Canning equipment(6:36)

• Crunch time: pickling 101(4:27)

• Home canning tomatoes(4:11)

• Jam and jelly basics: essential ingredients for sweet success(5:36)

• Preserve your catch(5:42)

• Pressure canning 101(8:11)

• What’s wrong with this canning recipe?(5:00)

Freezing

• Freezing fruit for sweet success(8:08)

• Freezing vegetables for tasty results(6:55)

• Preserve your catch(5:42)

• Preserving herbs(5:09)

Drying

• Dry it, you’ll like it(5:21)

• Homemade jerky 101(3:57)

• Preserving herbs(5:09)

Food Safety

• Home food fermentation and food safety(5:27)

• How microbes grow and survive(7:24)

• Reduce risks: safety first!(4:23)

• Stop BOT botulism(4:15)

• Unsafe, outdated food preservation methods(5:21)

4-H food preservation projects

• 4-H food preservation project guidelines(4:52) 

• Food preservation 4-H project ideas(2:40)

• You be the judge: evaluating food preservation 4-H projects(4:57)