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A wealth of information on safe food preservation is available from UC Cooperative Extension in science-based publications which can be ordered (and some downloaded free) from an online catalog at http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/. Titles include

• Making Table Wine at Home
• Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling
• Drying Foods at Home
• Safe Methods of Canning Vegetables
• Tomatoes: Safe Methods to Store, Preserve, and Enjoy

For more information on home food preservation, visit the California Master Food Preserver Web sites at

• El Dorado program - http://ucanr.org/eldoradomfp
• Sacramento program - http://ucanr.org/sacramentomfp
• San Bernardino program - http://ucanr.org/sanbernardinomfp