The North Carolina Cooperative Extension is live streaming a home food preservation demonstration today at 1 p.m. The live streaming will feature BarfBlog contributor Ben Chapman, a North Carolina assistant professor and food safety extension specialist, and North Carolina’s The Produce Lady (a.k.a. Brenda Sutton).

“There will be tomato peeling; acidification using lemon juice; boiling water bathing and pressure canning,” Chapman says in a recent Barfblog post. The Barfblog is food safety blog featuring cooperative extension food scientists and others.

You can tune into the live stream by visiting The Produce Lady’s UStream channel. You can also catch the live feed from The Produce Lady Facebook page.

For more information read Chapman’s Barfblog post.

The next live-in person canning demonstration is Thursday, August 11. Storing and Preserving the Fall Harvest will begin at 6 p.m. at the Shirley Luck Senior Center in Johnstown. The class is $15 and is open to all. Pre-registration  is required. The next live-in person canning demonstration is Thursday, August 11. Call 673-5525 to sign up.