Our Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Stephanie Stevenson is happy to announce the following nutrition and food safety programming for the spring and summer of 2023! Check out the program details below. Registration links will be uploaded when they become available.

• Mason Jar Salad Class- Wednesday, April 26th at Fort Benjamin Park Recreation Center. Looking for an easy way to prepare your daily salad ahead of time? Ever tried to make a salad in a jar? Come join us as we walk through the step by step process to create your favorite salad combination and pick up some great salad dressing recipes as well. Registration

• Hooked on Seafood- Tuesdays, May 2nd- May 23rd at 10:30am at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, Room 320. N.C. Cooperative Extension Carteret, Craven, Jones and Onslow Counties will present “Hooked on Seafood”, a four-week program on local seafood education and cooking techniques, ending in lunchtime food demonstrations. Registration

• Freezer Jam Class- Friday, May 12th at 11:00am at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, Room 320. This class will be an educational and interactive "preserve-a-long" making fruit freezer jam. Participants will learn research based information while we preserve fruits into a freezer jam. Registration.

• Refrigerator Pickle Class- Friday, May 26th at 11:00am at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, Room 320. This class will be an educational and interactive "preserve-a-long" making refrigerator pickles. Participants will learn research based information while we preserve vegetables by refrigerator pickling. Registration. 

• Refrigerator Pickle Class- Monday, June 5th at 5:00pm at the Western Carteret Public Library (230 Taylor Notion Rd, Cape Carteret, NC 28584). This class will be an educational and interactive "preserve-a-long" making refrigerator pickles. Participants will learn research based information while we preserve vegetables by refrigerator pickling. Registration will be made through the library, call (252) 648-7728 or stop by for registration.

• Home Canning 101- Wednesday, June 7th at the N.C. Cooperative Extension, Carteret County Center, Room 320. This is a free workshop designed for those who wish to learn about canning as a home food preservation method. This curriculum introduces canning methods and discusses best practices for safe and quality home-canned products. After completing this class, participants will have the opportunity to join a boiling water and/or pressure canning class. Registration will be available in May.