Food Safety and Preservation Publications
For information from the National Center for Home Food Preservation, click here.
Click a link below to download, view, or print the corresponding publication.
Contact Us
Purdue Extension Elkhart County
Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds
17746 County Road 34 Ste E
Goshen, IN 46528
(574) 533-0554
Food Safety:
- Keeping Food Safe During Emergencies https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-119-W.pdf
- Washing Fresh Vegetables to Enhance Food Safety https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ACE/ACE-1-W.pdf
Food Storage:
- Food Storage Guide https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-785-W.pdf
- Home Storage of Apples https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/HO-95.pdf
- Fresh Vegetable Storage and Cleaning Guide https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ACE/ACE-2-W.pdf
- Storing Vegetables and Fruits at Home https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/yardandgarden/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/10/HO-125.pdf
- Stored Product Pests http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-37.pdf
Canning High Acid:
- Let’s Preserve Pickles https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-816-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Sauerkraut https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-817-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Tomatoes https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-803-W.pdf
Canning Low Acid:
- Let’s Preserve Peppers https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-813-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Snap Beans https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-814-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Sweet Corn https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-815-W.pdf
- Home Canning Meat https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/food-nutrition/home-canning-meat-poultry-red-meats-game-and-seafood/fn188.pdf
Drying Foods:
- Drying Foods at Home https://www.surviveuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Drying-Foods-at-Home-Purdue-University-handbook.pdf
- Leathers and Jerkies https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/nutrition-food-safety-health/leathers-and-jerkies-9-311/
Freezing:
- Freezing Fruit at Home https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/CFS/CFS-135-W.pdf
- Freezing Vegetables at Home https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-800-W.pdf
Jams and Jellies:
- Let’s Preserve Jelly, Jam, Spreads https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-811-W.pdf
- Uncooked Jams https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/CFS/CFS-131-W.pdf
Let’s Preserve:
- Food Preservation Methods extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FS/FS-15-W.pdf
- Using and Caring for Your Pressure Canner HE-129 (copies available at Purdue Extension Office Elkhart County)
- Let’s Preserve Apples https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-809-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Blueberries https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-807-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Cherries https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-805-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Fruit Pie Fillings https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-810-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-808-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Pears https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-804-W.pdf
- Let’s Preserve Strawberries https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HHS/HHS-806-W.pdf