Contributed by Julie M. Cascio
Cooperative Extension Service has many things occurring! Here are a few!
Food Preservation Classes:
Whether harvesting your garden, buying a bulk of produce, have many chickens, or plan to hunt for moose there may be food to keep for eating in the future. Freezing is one option to save these; drying and canning are other choices. If canning use research-based recipes. For online sources, use Cooperative Extension information.
Alaska’s series of distance-delivered food preservation classes continue.
Julie Cascio, of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, will demonstrate how to can, pickle, dehydrate, and make sauerkraut.
Classes will be via Zoom on Thursdays.
Registration and class details are available at https://bit.ly/2CECoOs. The classes are:
· Can Fruits in Jars, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 20
· Can Tomatoes in Jars, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Aug. 27
· Pickling, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Sept. 10
· Making Sauerkraut, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10
· Dehydrating Fruits and Vegetables, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Sept. 17
· Can Vegetables, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sept. 17
· Canning Meats and Poultry, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Oct. 1
· Making Fresh Sausage, 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Oct. 8
For more information about the workshops, contact Cascio at jmcascio@alaska.edu or 907-745-3677. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Cascio.
Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Program:
Lifestyle changes can help reduce the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes by over 50%! For people with pre-diabetes, the Prevent T2 Diabetes prevention program helps with this goal. Skills and goals to lose 5% - 10% or more of your starting weight are in this program. Making simple diet and exercise improvements as well as learning to manage stress are involved.
It is a one-year program, delivered over the phone. Weekly phone calls with a trained mentor occur during the first six months, then monthly calls for the second six months. It is a free, voluntary program.
Call or text Leslie Shallcross at 907-242-6138 to learn more and enroll in that program.
