Curriculum

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Choose which method(s) you'd like to teach from the list below. Each ‘Method’ link below contains a complete lesson for that method, with Beginning, Advanced, and Additional Activities. You may download and print the entire lesson or select only the activities you plan to use by choosing “Print Pages…” from your printer menu. Each ‘Poster’ link provides a simplified checklist of the activity directions from that lesson (legal-sized 8.5"x14" paper required for printing).

Method 1: Boiling Water Canning

Method 2: Making Jam

Method 3: Pickling

Method 4: Freezing

Method 5: Drying

Method 6: Pressure Canning

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Terms for Use and Disclaimer

It is our intention that this curriculum may be printed and copied for not-for-profit personal and educational use. If any portion of this curriculum is extracted for use, credit is to be given to the author of the original document along with a statement to the effect that the information came from the National Center for Home Food Preservation, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, and Clemson Cooperative Extension.

The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this curriculum is for the educational information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval from the United States Department of Agriculture, The University of Georgia, Clemson University, or this project team of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2011-51110-30995.

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