Eating Healthy

Food & Food Safety

Helping Kansans make healthy choices and habits that last a lifetime. From information on foods to grow in the garden to decisions at the grocery store, our goal is to help Kansans nurture healthy habits regardless of their life stages.

Food Preparation

Gather your family and friends around the dinner table for a tasty home-cooked meal! Meal times provide opportunities for conversation as well as nutritious dining.

Food Safety

The goals of this program include educating consumers on safe food handling with food preparation, food preservation, food service and more.

Nutrition

Looking for the nutrient composition of a food? Want to learn how to read a food label? 

Food Preservation

Home food preservation is a way to preserve the freshness of homegrown food. While more popular in years past, preserving food at home is still done today. Without factoring in the labor costs, home food preservation can save money compared to commercially preserved foods.

When done properly and safely, home preserved foods are a treat. But when improper practices and unsafe food handling techniques are used, the food can cause foodborne illness such as botulism, a serious illness that can affect your nerves, paralyze you, and even cause death. You can find out more at: http://www.cdc.gov/features/homecanning/ . To keep your family safe, only tested recipes and methods from reliable sources should be used for home canning.

Helpful Links:

The National Center for Home Food Preservation - In-depth, step-by-step directions are available
USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning - In-depth, step-by-step directions are available
K-State Research and Extension Rapid Response Center - Food Preparation, Food Safety, Nutrition, Preservation and More!
Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe - This is a bi-monthly newsletter publish by the University of Missouri Extension.

Preserve it Fresh, Preserve it Safe