Food Health Garden

Knox County Mastering Home Food Preservation - 4-Day Course

  • March 30, 2026

Purdue Extension-Knox County is hosting a Mastering Home Food Preservation 4-day Course on June 23, 2026 thru June 26, 2026.  

Mastering Home Food Preservation provides in-depth lectures, interactive discussions, hands-on practice, take home products and valuable resources. USDA home food preservation recommended procedures are taught. 

Topics covered include: 

  • food safety 
  • freezing 
  • boiling water canning 
  • pressure canning 
  • jams & jellies 
  • pickling 
  • dehydration  

Registration fee includes: 

  • Four days of instruction including course work and hands-on food preservation labs 
  • A Mastering Home Food Preservation course notebook  
  • Taking home product samples that were made during the week 

The class will be held at Vincennes University, Shircliff Humanities Building, Room A 204, 130 E. Harrison St., Vincennes, IN 47591 and will run from 9AM until approximately 5PM each day Tuesday-Friday. 

For questions about the course contact Tonya Short at short43@purdue.edu or 812-882-3509.

Course fee is $325. For more information or to register visit https://cvent.me/5oRNKg.