{"id":46350,"date":"2025-06-27T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T13:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=46350"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:21:24","slug":"canning-and-preserving-strawberry-jam-gray","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/event\/canning-and-preserving-strawberry-jam-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam (Gray)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Wednesday, July 9, 2025<br \/>\n5:30 &#8211; 8:00 p.m.<br \/>\nCaswell Farm<br \/>\n120 Whitney Road, Gray, Maine 04039 (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/WzDsRfYAaJz9ipks8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $40<\/p>\n<p><strong>To register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/preserving-the-harvest-strawberry-jam-tickets-1413193011339?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam Registration (Gray)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-43452\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/05\/Strawberry-jam-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh strawberries and strawberry jam.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Strawberries mean it\u2019s summertime in Maine. Learn to prepare and preserve strawberry jam using less sugar with University of Maine Cooperative Extension staff and Master Food Preserver Kate McCarty. We will learn how to safely preserve strawberries using the boiling water bath method. Participants will receive recipes and a jar of jam. Please bring a potholder with you to class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kate McCarty has been the Food Systems Professional at UMaine Extension since 2009, after serving in the AmeriCorps VISTA program. She has completed the Master Food Preserver program, an intensive, hands-on training in all aspects of home food preservation. Kate manages the volunteer efforts of the 60+ Master Food Preserver volunteers statewide and teaches food preservation programs in 7 Maine counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/food-health\/food-preservation\/hands-on-workshops\/\">Food Preservation Workshops<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>For more information or for a reasonable accommodation, contact Kate McCarty, (<a href=\"mailto:kate.mccarty@maine.edu\">kate.mccarty@maine.edu<\/a>, 207-581-8363). Receiving requests for accommodations at least seven days before the program provides a reasonable amount of time to meet the request, however, all requests will be considered.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, July 9, 2025 5:30 &#8211; 8:00 p.m. Caswell Farm 120 Whitney Road, Gray, Maine 04039 (Google Maps) Cost: $40 To register:\u00a0Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam Registration (Gray) Strawberries mean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-46350","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam (Gray) - Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cumberland\/event\/canning-and-preserving-strawberry-jam-gray\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canning and Preserving Strawberry Jam (Gray) - Cooperative Extension in Cumberland County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wednesday, July 9, 2025 5:30 &#8211; 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