Placerville, CA… The University of California Master Food Preserver Program invites adults interested in helping others learn about safe home food preservation to apply for certification as a UC Master Food Preserver volunteer in the following counties: Amador, Calaveras, Del Norte, Humboldt, Inyo, Mono, Orange, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo. The 2021 Training Program is now open for applications at http://ucanr.edu/2021ucmfp. Prior food preservation experience is not required.

UC Master Food Preserver volunteers learn research-based food preservation techniques and then share that knowledge with their local community at online and in-person public demonstrations and guest speaker presentations, through social media, and at information booths at farmers markets, county events and the California State Fair.

Attend the  informational meeting to learn more about the volunteer requirements as well as the selection and training process. the session lasts one hour and will be recorded. Attendance or viewing of the information meeting is a mandatory pre-requisite to apply.

1. Friday, February 5: 12:00 Noon—1:00 pm

Please rsvp online to attend either training information meeting or to receive a link to the meeting recording at http://ucanr.edu/2021-mfp-training-mtg.

The 2021 UC Master Food Preserver program training classes will be on 18 Fridays from 2 pm – 4 pm on the following dates: March 5, 19; April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; May 14, 21; June 4, 11, 18, 25; July 9, 16, 23; August 6, 13. Hands-on lab classes will be scheduled once in-person activities resume.

The UC Master Food Preserver training program consists of over 40 hours of intensive training and costs $150. This price covers three training manuals, class materials, and all lab expenses.

Applications for the 2021 training classes are due by the end of Sunday, February 7, 2021. A background check including fingerprinting is required upon acceptance.

For more information please visit http://ucanr.edu/be-mfp or contact Sue Mosbacher at smosbacher@ucanr.edu or 530-621-5543.

As you know, the State of California has issued a shelter-in-place order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and UC Cooperative Extension Central Sierra  is now working remotely. We are still here to answer your questions and address needs during this unprecedented situation.

Thank you,

Robin Cleveland, Assistant II
UC Cooperative Extension, Central Sierra

Serving Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado and Tuolumne counties
311 Fair Lane, Placerville, California  95667
Phone:  530-621-5528    Fax:  888-764-9669
rkcleveland@ucanr.edu   <http://cecentralsierra.ucanr.edu>