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Canning Class: U-Pick Local Strawberries + Strawberry Jam Making Class 6/28/25
Saturday June 28, 2025 @ 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Your next step toward becoming a food preservation expert! This month we are celebrating Strawberry Month. That means JAM! Join us to learn the basics of making and preserving strawberries as a jam or jelly. First, join us to pick strawberries at Chase Farm in Fairport, NY. Afterwards, we will head into our Hands-On Kitchen where CCE Ontario Master Food Preserver Emma Wilson will walk through the steps of making a delicious strawberry jam, as well as what equipment is necessary, where to find it, and how to maintain it. Participants will get to make and take a jam of their own and gain an understanding of how to safely preserve that product. In addition to hands on experience, participants will learn where to find tried and true resources for home food preservation so they can continue to preserve the seasons harvest on their own.
Class Agenda:
9:30am: Meet at Chase Farms to pick our strawberries! This portion of the class is completely optional. Chase Farms will be providing a small discount for our group on the per pound u-pick price, so pick as much as you like and then pay per pound! Farm address: 459 Pannell Rd #9527, Fairport, NY 14450
10:30am: Farm group will head to New York Kitchen
11:00am: Canning Class begins at New York Kitchen – we will be learning the ins and outs of canning and then making a batch of strawberry jam together! Everyone will go home with a delicious jar of jam. Light refreshments will be served.
Instructor Bio: Emma Wilson is the Ag Awareness/Literacy Educator at Cornell Cooperative of Ontario County, where she works to share information on our local food systems through Ag in the Classroom, the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and food preservation classes. She is a certified Master Food Preserver with training in jellied products, hot water bath canning, pressure canning, dehydrating and fermentation. She is happy to answer any food preservation questions you may have and reachable by email at ejw226@cornell.edu or by phone at (585) 394-3977 ext 437.

Details
- Date:
- Saturday June 28, 2025
- Time:
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9:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Cost:
- $72.00
- Event Categories:
- Cooking Classes, New York State of Mind Weekend
- Event Tags:
- soldout
Venue
- Hands-On Kitchen @ New York Kitchen
-
800 South Main Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424 United States + Google Map - Phone
- (585) 394-7070