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In November of 2024, the UC Master Food Preserver Program launched a monthly newsletter that delivers recipes, how-tos, and food preservation inspiration straight to a subscriber's inbox. Subscribe to the newsletter here.

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Spotlight: Mary Nazara, Class of 2025 MFP Volunteer (November 2025)

October 31, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Mary Nazara, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Los Angeles Mary Nazara, used with permission. I started preserving in the summer of 2022 after a phone call from my sister. She had a tree full of ripe plums and didn’t want them to go to waste. I already had…

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Spotlight: Henry Shaw, Class of 2024 MFP Volunteer (October 2025)

October 5, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Henry Shaw UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Contra Costa Image credit: Henry Shaw, 2025. My love of food and cooking began as a small child at my mother’s side in the kitchen. Over the decades, both my culinary interests and kitchen skills have grown…

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Pear-fection: Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie Filling (October 2025)

October 5, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Jar of pie filling on a marble countertop (Photo by Penny Pearson, used with permission). October is peak apple and pear season across much of California. This tasty Apple-Pear-Cranberry pie filling makes the most of the season…

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Applications Now Open for 2026 UC Master Food Preserver Training Program! (October 2025)

October 5, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Henry Shaw, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Henry Shaw, 2025. Do you want to learn more about safe food-preservation techniques? Do you have a passion for sharing your knowledge with others? Are you willing to donate your time as a volunteer for a good cause?…

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A Delicious Barbeque Sauce from Tomato Powder (September 2025)

August 30, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Monica Gross, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Monica Gross, 2025. Can you imagine an activity that allows you to experience all of your five senses? Cooking and preparing food are just such activities! Allow me to walk you through an experience that involved…

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What’s the buzz? -- Infants and Honey (September 2025)

August 30, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Kirsten Hansen, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Image Credit: Kirsten Hansen, 2025. I recently gave birth to my first child, which means that I left behind the many recommendations about what pregnant people should and should not eat and have entered the world of what…

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Spotlight: Jadrian Johnson, Class of 2025 MFP Volunteer (September 2025)

August 30, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Jadrian Johnson UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Los Angeles Image credit: Jadrian Johnson, 2025. There is a unique alchemy in food preservation, a practice that feels just as much a form of time travel as it does domestic science. Within a simple jar, we can…

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Spotlight: Michele Jones, Class of 2025 MFP Volunteer (August 2025)

August 2, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Michele Jones UC Master Food Preserver Online Program VolunteerCounty of residence: Placer Image credit: Maria Giovanni, 2025 Hi, my name is Michele Jones, and I am proud to be a recent graduate of the UC Master Food Preserver Program, graduating in June 2025. I grew up watching my mother and…

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Ice Ice Berry: Freeze Your Fruit Like a Legend (August 2025)

August 2, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Paige Weisskirch, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer Freezing fruit at home is one of the simplest and most effective ways to preserve your harvest, or that great farmers-market haul, so nothing goes to waste. It gives you the convenience of having high-quality, ready-to-use fruit at your…

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Making and Using Dehydrated Tomato Skins (August 2025)

August 2, 2025

By Travis R Alexander

Monica Gross, UC Master Food Preserver Online Program Volunteer There are a surprising number of uses for tomato skin! This article will explain how to make a powder out of tomato skins and what to do with that powder (Fig.1). Prior to canning tomatoes, it’s necessary to remove the tomato skin. This is…