Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- June 9, 2009
Get ready now to preserve the harvest from your Victory Garden (:46)
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Suggested Intro:
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO YOUR BACKYARD, THE EXPLOSION IN VICTORY GARDENS MEANS THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO CAN OR FREEZE. AN EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS YOU SHOULD PREPARE NOW TO PRESERVE YOUR HARVEST. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:
Story:
(:16) IT'S NOT AS EASY AS GETTING GRANDMA'S OLD RECIPES. WHILE CANNING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO SAFE CANNING IS RELATIVELY RECENT. SO, SAYS PENN STATE FOOD SCIENTIST LUKE LABORDE, IT'S WISE TO INVEST A LITTLE TIME LEARNING THE PROPER WAY TO PRESERVE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR:
LaBorde Actuality:
(:19) "THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SHOULD DO IS LEARN A LITTLE ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES USED IN CANNING, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRESSURE COOKING AND BOILING-WATER BATH PROCESSING. THEY HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CERTAIN KINDS OF LOW-ACID VEGETABLES AND MORE ACIDIC FRUITS. EACH REQUIRES ITS OWN SPECIFIC METHOD AND WE RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE ONLY USE THOSE METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED TO BE SAFE."(:11) LABORDE SAYS YOU CAN FIND DETAILED CANNING INFORMATION ON HIS HOME FOOD PRESERVATION WEB SITE AT FOOD SAFETY DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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