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Food Preservation

Food Preservation Team

Contacts Email Office Phone
Nicole Arnold arnold.1363@osu.edu 614-247-6109
Lisa Barlage barlage.7@osu.edu 740-702-3200
Sofia Carter carter.1991@osu.edu 937-772-6023
LuAnn Duncan duncan.920@osu.edu 330-533-5538
Shari Gallup gallup.1@osu.edu 740-618-6330
Laura Halladay halladay.6@osu.edu 937-736-7218
Candace Heer heer.7@osu.edu 419-947-1070
Emily Marrison marrison.12@osu.edu 740-622-2265
Tina McGilvary  mcgillvary.4@osu.edu 937-548-5215 
Melissa J. Rupp rupp.26@osu.edu 419-337-9210
Kate Shumaker shumaker.68@osu.edu 330-674-3015
Megan Taylor taylor.4411@osu.edu 937-644-8117
Treva Williams williams.973@osu.edu 740-354-7879

2025 Food Preservation On-Call Schedule

Date On-Call E-mail Office Phone
May 1-15 Melissa Rupp rupp.26@osu.edu 419-337-9210
May 16-31 Megan Taylor taylor.4411@osu.edu 937-644-8117
June 1-15 Lisa Barlage barlage.7@osu.edu 740-702-3200
June 16-30 Laura Halladay halladay.6@osu.edu 937-736-7208
July 1-15 Candace Heer heer.7@osu.edu 419-947-1070
July 16-31 LuAnn Duncan duncan.920@osu.edu 330-533-5538
August 1-15 Emily Marrison marrison.12@osu.edu 740-622-2265
August 16-31 Kate Shumaker shumaker.68@osu.edu 330-674-3015
September 1-15 Sofia Carter carter.1991@osu.edu 937-772-6023
September 16-30 Tina McGillvary mcgillvary.4@osu.edu 937-548-5215
October 1-15 Shari Gallup gallup.1@osu.edu 740-618-6330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PowerPoint Lessons

To Access the most current Food Preservation PowerPoint Lessons, please go to Microsoft Teams FCS Educators – FCS database > Healthy People Channel > Files > Home Food Preservation > Lessons – Current Branding (Lessons - Current Branding)

Resources

  • News Release [DOC ]
  • Bookmark [PDF ]
  • Food Preservation Resources Handout [PDF ]
  • Pressure Canner Inspection Form- 8 1/2 x 11 [PDF ]
  • Pressure Canner Gauge Testing Guidelines [PDF ]
  • Sample Brochure [DOC ]
  • Sample Flyer 1 [DOC ]
  • Sample Flyer 2 [DOC ]
  • Items in Canning Kit [PDF ]
  • Food Preservation Program Survey [PDF ] [DOC ]
    New regional programming evaluation tools for 2024 : [Cover Sheet], [Instructions], [NCR 2021+]

Additional Resources to External Resources: 

National Center for Home Food Preservation - Fermenting

USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning – Guide 6 Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables (National Center for Home Food Preservation)

  • nchfp.uga.edu/resources
    • Page 6-6 Suitable containers, covers, and weights for fermenting food
    • Page 6-7 Salts used in pickling; Fermented foods
    • Page 6-8 Sauerkraut

Ohioline Fact Sheet: Making and Preserving Sauerkraut

Ohioline Fact Sheet: Making Fermented Dill Pickles

Ohioline Fact Sheet: Mold Has Grown on Your Food: What Should You Do?

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet: For Safety’s Sake…Pickle and Pickle Product Problems

Making Sauerkraut webinar recording (November 2020)

Additional Resources