Yes! You Can: Preserving Safely Wouldn't it be nice to
enjoy garden or farmers market produce all year long? Whether just
starting out or updating your food preservation knowledge, you can
join University of Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness
educator Caitlin Huth for this timely seasonal program.
Topics covered include basic food preservation, the most current
methods for preserving food safely and updated guidelines for home
canning. Bring your pressure canner gauge and have it tested for
accuracy (just bring your canner lid).
"Yes! You Can" will be presented Aug. 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
at the Sangamon County Extension office, 700 S. Airport Drive in
Springfield. Cost of the program is $5.
Register by calling the Sangamon County office at 2127-782-4617
or online at
https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/
registration/?RegistrationID=8653 by Aug. 19. Space is limited,
so enroll now.
Growing Vegetables Year-Round -- A Small Farms Webinar
An Extension webinar will provide information to market vegetable
growers on how to grow crops year-round. The time to think about
production is now. Greens, roots and other crops can all be grown
and harvested through the winter in this climate.
The basics of vegetable variety selection, planting
considerations, watering and harvest will all be covered. Attend
this Web program and find the knowledge and inspiration you'll need
to eat, grow and sell more produce throughout the year.
The program is presented by Nathan Johanning and Dr. Kyle Cecil,
University of Illinois Extension educators on local foods and small
farms.
The webinar will be on Aug. 30 from noon until 1:30 p.m. You can
attend from home via your personal computer.
To register, visit
https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/
registration/?RegistrationID=8698. For more information, contact
Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, University of Illinois Extension, at
cvnghgrn@illinois.edu,
217-782-4617.
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Pumpkin Field Day
There will be a field day in Hancock County to learn about
pumpkin variety selection and many other topics. There can be no
substitute for firsthand experience with what varieties do well at
your own farm and market, but variety trial reports can be of help
by allowing you to see many different varieties grown under similar
conditions. This way, growers can compare varieties and decide which
may work for their particular market.
Speakers will be Dr. Mohammad Babadoost and Dr. Richard Weinzierl
of the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences and Vince
Lawson of Iowa State University.
The field day will be on Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at
Galesburg.
To register, visit
https://webs.extension.uiuc.edu/
registration/?RegistrationID=8690. For more information, contact
Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, University of Illinois Extension, at
cvnghgrn@illinois.edu or
217-782-4617.
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