Nutrition & Health

Learn it! Preserve it! Take it Home! Cost $25 Advance registration required. How to Join the Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Fun: Follow us on Facebook for updates and registration announcements: Link Sign up for our Preservation Notes Newsletter to receive registration links for each event.

Learn the art and science behind composting from a local Certified Master Composter. Learn about the importance of managing your organic waste (food scraps) at home. As the drought worsens and the climate warms, home-based waste management has never been more relevant.

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.

All Things Apple - Creative Ways to Use Your Crop!: Its apple harvest time in Sonoma County! Learn how to preserve the harvest from your own trees or the farmers market in this workshop.

Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers combine their knowledge in this class on berries.

Wouldnt it be nice to have onion soup mix available in your cupboard whenever you needed it? Or a mix to make tomato soup on a cold rainy day? Join the Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County and learn to make your own dehydrated soup and spice mixes.

Does the thought of using a pressure canner scare you? It shouldnt! Learn how a pressure canner works and the multiple safety features included on every modern canner. Build your confidence in pressure canning by watching several mini-demonstrations and compare a variety of canner types.

A regular workday at the demo garden on Thursdays, 11am to 1pm. The gate will indeed be open and members of the public are welcome to drop in and enjoy the garden and ask for advice. There will be public demos and plant sales. Share in garden produce, free seed exchange and local gardening advice.

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County will be available to answer your gardening questions or just chat about gardening! For more information about the Farmers Market, visit eldoradofarmersmarket.

Location: Cameron Park Community Center Fee: Free! Join the Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers in a wonderful presentation on how to grow and preserve citrus. Come see how you can grow citrus successfully in our community.