Abstract
Idaho, Colorado, and Oregon Extension faculty collaborated to offer a 6-week online food preservation course, Preserve @ Home. Participant knowledge and intent to change behaviors with food preservation were assessed using a retrospective pre-post survey. Over half of the participants that completed assessment (n=116) improved their knowledge of food preservation practices. Assessments revealed 67% learned to use up-to-date, science-based canning recipes and recommendations, and 53% learned to adjust for altitude when pressure canning. Online classes that share interstate Extension expertise appear to be an effective delivery method to extend food preservation instruction to larger audiences without increasing costs.