Extension releases food preservation DVDs
March 11, 2011
Debbie Carter
907-474-5406
3/11/11
Three new DVDs developed by 性欲社 Cooperative Extension Service will help Alaskans preserve local foods this coming summer.
The three latest DVDs in Extension鈥檚 Preserving Alaska鈥檚 Bounty series are 鈥淐old Storage,鈥 鈥淩oses and Fireweed鈥 and 鈥淧rocessing Game Meat.鈥
鈥淐old Storage鈥 demonstrates how to preserve fruits and vegetables by freezing or by storing in different types of root cellars. 鈥淩oses and Fireweed鈥 explains how and when to harvest and use fireweed sprouts, fireweed and rosehip blossoms and rosehips. 鈥淧rocessing Game Meat鈥 offers information on the slaughter and processing of reindeer, lessons that are applicable to moose, caribou and other large game. The DVD was developed with the assistance of the 性欲社 Reindeer Research Program.
The Preserving Alaska鈥檚 Bounty project is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Other DVDs in the series cover canning basics, canning meat and fish, collecting and using wild berries, pickling, drying foods, making sausage and jerky, and making jams and jellies. The DVDs sell for $5 and are available through extension offices or by calling Extension toll-free at 877-520-5211.
Interactive online lessons on many of the same topics are available on extension鈥檚 website at .
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Roxie Rodgers Dinstel, Extension Health, Home and Family Development agent, at 474-2426 or via e-mail at rrdinstel@alaska.edu.
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