Family and Consumer Sciences - Union County

11/17/2025

08/07/2025

Join our Food Preservation team on Tuesday for their next free webinar: Selecting, Storing, and Serving: Apples and Pears. Tuesday 12-12:30 p.m. Register at: go.osu.edu/fpwebinars

07/17/2025

🚨 New Canning Guidelines Alert! 🚨
If you use stock, broth, bouillon cubes, powders, or stock pastes in your home canning, you’ll want to see this! 🥣

The latest recommendations clarify when and how to safely use broth or stock concentrates in canning recipes. Spoiler: it’s not as simple as just tossing in a cube!

✅ Stock or broth can be used in current, tested pressure canning recipes
✅ Use only when the recipe calls for it
✅ Always fully reconstitute first
❌ Never substitute for water, juice or other liquid in boiling water canning

Click to learn what’s safe—and what’s not: https://go.osu.edu/nchfpstock

05/21/2025

Are you interested in learning how to pressure can your potatoes? There is still time to register for the hands-on session for pressure canning potatoes. Cost is $20 and you can register at https://go.osu.edu/2025foodpres

04/22/2025

Union County Family and Consumer Sciences is excited to offer another Food Preservation series this summer. We hope to see you at some of our sessions.
Cost is $20 per session and registration is required at https://go.osu.edu/2025foodpres

04/22/2025

Are you interested in learning about Freeze Drying? This session will talk about basics and have a hands-on workshop. April 30th is our remaining session. Participants will get to make and taste products.
Registraion is required at https://go.osu.edu/freezedrybasics
Cost is $30

04/03/2025

Are you interested in learning about Freeze Drying? This session will talk about basics and have a hands-on workshop. You can choose April 9th or 30th. Participants will get to make and taste products.
Registraion is required at https://go.osu.edu/freezedrybasics
Cost is $30

03/24/2025

Readers- are you looking for your next great book?
Why not join our virtual Buckeye Bookworms Book Club reading "The Measure" by Nikki Erlick this spring. All meetings over Zoom on Thursdays - April 10 & 24, May 8 & 22 from 6 - 7 PM (EST). Register at go.osu.edu/fcsbookclub.