Upcoming food preservation workshop

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has announced that a canning workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 26 at the Piscataquis County Office,

165 East Main Street, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 8:30. Registration and pre-payment is required.
    In this course you will learn the basics behind home food preservation and food safety. This is a hands-on workshop where attendees will be making jam and should bring oven mitts to handle their jam properly.
    Scholarships are available. For more information or to request a disability accommodation, call 564-3301 or in Maine 1-800-287-1491.
    As a trusted resource for almost 100 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county. UMaine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in the state that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System, where policy, research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, and food security and safety are integral and interrelated. UMaine Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H.