Master Food Preserver and Master Gardener Program

3rd Thursdays: Master Food Preserver Demonstrations

The Master Food Preserver volunteers are offering home food preservation demonstrations. The classes are designed to make it easy to capture the bounty of seasonal foods to be enjoyed all year long. Delighting in food tasting will be possible at many of the demonstrations!

Click to register for:

August 16th - Tomatoes

September 20 - Albacore Tune

October 18 - Apples, Apples, Apples

November 15 - Gifts for the Holidays!

All demonstrations are from 5:30-7:30pm and held at the
Humboldt County Agricultural Center
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503

Master Food Preserver

MFP volunteers sealing jars of tomatoes.

The Master Food Preserver program offers volunteer services and outreach to the general public. Volunteers are trained through the University of California Cooperative Extension to provide up-to-date information on food safety and preservation.

Click here to visit the Statewide UC Master Food Preserver Program.

MFP volunteers canning local tuna.

The Master Food Preservers are trained, dedicated volunteers who conduct food safety and food preservation community activities throughout Humboldt and Del Norte counties.

Master Food Preservers:

Provide safe methods for home food preservation
Offer free demonstrations
Distribute educational materials

For more information about the Humboldt/Del Norte Master Food Preserver Program, call (707) 445-7351.

Useful links

UC Home Preservation and Storage Publications

The National Center for Home Food Preservation

So Easy to Preserve 5th Edition (University of Georgia)

Safe Home Food Preservation Methods (Penn State)

Preserving Meats and Fish (University of Alaska Cooperative Extension)

USDA Guide to Home Canning

Canning the Catch

Master Gardener Program

"Advice to Grow By...Ask Us!"

The Master Gardener Program offers volunteer services and outreach to the general public. Master Gardener volunteers extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to the residents of Humboldt and Del Norte counties.

Click here to visit the Statewide UC Master Gardener Program.

MGP volunteers putting in a garden.

Interested in becoming a part of the UC Master Gardener Program's rich history? While making an impact in your own community, learn about:

how to grow your own fruit and vegetables
soil quality and health
sustainable landscaping & water conservation
plant and tree care
integrated pest management

Join the Master Gardener Program today!

For more information about the Humboldt/Del Norte Master Gardener Program, please call (707) 445-7351.

Useful links

The California Garden Web serves as a portal to organize and extend to the public the University of California's vast collection of research-based information about gardening.

Visit The California Backyard Orchard to learn about the home orchard and understand that it is, in fact, a living expression of genetics interacting with soils, weather, tree spacing, pests, and many other factors.

Integrated pest management, or IPM, is a process you can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. IPM can be used to manage all kinds of pests anywhere—in urban, agricultural, and wildland or natural areas.

Coastal Rain Gardens Publication