UC Master Food Preserver Program
University of California
UC Master Food Preserver Program

Online Delivery Program

The University of California Master Food Preserver Program is excited to offer of a new volunteer program with online content delivery only. This allows adults interested in helping others learn about safe home food preservation who do not live in a county with an existing UC Master Food Preserver to become a certificated volunteer who provides educational outreach through a variety of online delivery methods.

This program opens up the possibility of anyone with an Internet connection in California (and beyond) to skip traffic and travel to learn about research-based food safety and preservation recommendations from the comfort of their home, office, back patio or car. 

Interested in joining the UC Master Food Preserver Online Delivery team? Applications are accepted in the fall for winter training. Sign up on our training interest list (select Online Program in the pull-down list) to be notified of our next certification training course, or if the timing's right, learn about our next training program

Online Classes

Volunteers present online classes focusing on USDA Specialty Crops multiple times a month, including a conversational Ask a UC Master Food Preserver session. See which classes are coming up offered by the Online Program and other programs throughout the state at our Events page. Subscribe to receive monthly notifications of upcoming online classes. 

Helpline

Coming soon! Have a food preservation question or concern? Stay tuned for a helpline where UC Master Food Preserver Volunteers will investigate your question using researched based resources.

Social Media

Volunteers manage the UC Master Food Preserver Facebook site, sharing events, food safety notices, recipes, and tips throughout the year.  Follow us!

Monthly Newsletter

Volunteers write and publish a monthly Food Preservation newsletter that delivers recipes, how-to tips, and food preservation inspiration straight to a subscriber's inbox. Sign up here: Newsletter Subscription Page. View previous issues here.

Webmaster Email: smosbacher@ucanr.edu