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2012The Produce Lady Offers Free Live Video Stream Canning Demonstrations
Dr. Ben Chapman, a food safety specialist with N.C. Cooperative Extension, will join Brenda Sutton, The Produce Lady, in two live, one-hour demonstrations on proper canning techniques. Green beans will be the featured produce item on June 15 at 1:30 p.m. while June 28 will be reserved for peaches, also at 1:30 p.m. Viewers can tune in by logging on to www.ustream.tv/channel/the-produce-lady or access the live feed from The Produce Lady Facebook page. Viewers will have an opportunity to interact with the experts by using an online chat box to ask any questions about food preservation and safety.
The Produce Lady program, supported with a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, teaches farmers and consumers the wonders of locally grown fruits and vegetables. The program demonstrates how to prepare fresh produce as tasty meals and snacks and advises how to preserve them to use throughout the year.
Fresh North Carolina green beans and peaches are available widely across the state from June to September, and can be purchased at local farmers markets. The Produce Lady live video stream will feature the pressure canner method for preserving green beans so that consumers can enjoy nutritious, local green beans throughout the year. The peach demonstration will include how to freeze peaches and how to make peach jam. For information on how to use canned green beans, peach preserves and other fresh or preserved produce, check out the recipes section of the website.
Anne M Terry
Really enjoyed the verbal information and how to pressure can vegetable. Also would like to know where I may purchase your canning books.
Leah Chester-Davis
The canning resource guides that The Produce Lady and Dr. Ben Chapman mentioned during the livestream canning video sessions were the “So Easy to Preserve” book from the University of Georgia. It can be ordered from http://www.setp.uga.edu and the Ball Blue Book, which can be found in stores that carry canning supplies or can be found online.