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Enjoy #LocalFoodsOH Throughout the Year

September is my favorite month to visit the farmer’s market. There is still late-summer produce available this time of the year, but fall vegetables are starting to come on, too. The variety and abundance of locally grown produce makes September an ideal time to stock up on fresh fruits and veggies and preserve them for […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Joanna Fifner, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, , Ohio State University Extension, County, Medina County

SOURCES:

  • Kidd B (2015). Freezing Vegetables. Ohioline. http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5333.
  • Lobb J (2016). CSA: What, How and Why. Live Smart Ohio. https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/food/lobb-3osu-edu/csa-what-how-and-why/.
  • Ohio State University Extension Family & Consumer Sciences (2016). Food Preservation. http://fcs.osu.edu/programs/major-program-areas/healthy-people/food-preservation.
  • Ohio State University Extension Local Foods (2016). Online Local Food Directories for Ohio Consumers. http://localfoods.osu.edu/resources/ohio-local-food-directories.

Cooking & Freezing with Fresh Herbs

Are you interested in using fresh herbs to season your food this harvest season? Watch this webinar to learn science-based tips for drying and freezing your garden’s fresh herbs for continued enjoyment through the fall and winter.   Click here to view the webinar: http://go.osu.edu/preserving_herbs.

WRITTEN BY: Michelle Treber, OSU Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences & Beth Stefura, OSU Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences

A Tomato A Day…

  Ohio farmers and gardeners harvest a cornucopia of tomatoes in late summer. Yes, they are a fruit from a horticultural perspective, but nutritionists would say they’re vegetables since they’re low in fructose but high in phytonutrients, vitamins A and C. A tomato a day, no matter what the form whether consumed fresh, frozen, sauced, […]

Have you had your canner checked this year?

The season of fresh fruits and vegetables is here.  How nice it is to be able to enjoy local fruits and berries that we can either freeze or preserve using a water bath canner for family meals when the snow flies.  But with our vegetables, we must use a pressure canner that’s in good working […]

WRITTEN BY: Melinda Hill

REVIEWED BY: Kate Shumaker, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Holmes County

SOURCES:

  • http://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can4_vegetable.html

REFERENCES:

  • http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5344

4 Steps to Safely Preserving Food at Home

Food preservation season is now in full swing.  I’m hearing about a lot of families making strawberry jam and freezing fresh berries, freezing rhubarb and getting ready for those peas and green beans to start coming on.  Before preserving any food, consider the types of foods your family enjoys and the usefulness of the preserved […]

REVIEWED BY: Christine Kendle, Extension Educator, Tuscarawas County

Fermenting Foods

So what foods come to mind with fermentation? You might think sauerkraut, pickles, cheese, jerky, yogurt or even beer.  From other cultures we have a spicy cabbage mixture,  kimchi and fermented beans referred to as tempeh. Why the interest in home fermentation? And, what are the risks? Consider how this method of food preservation got […]

WRITTEN BY: Nancy Stehulak, M.Ed, Extension Educator, Henry County

REVIEWED BY: Chris Kendle, MS, RDN, LD, Extension Educator, Tuscarawus County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Pixabay.com

SOURCES:

  • National Center for Food Preservation, http://nchfp.uga.edu
  • Foodsafetynews.com, http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/03/fermenting-veggies-at-home-follow-food-safety-abcs/#.VvU959j2a1s

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