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Cooperative Extension Announces May Better Living Series

Apr 15, 2024

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Cooperative Extension announces May 2024 Better Living Series workshops. All workshops will be held in the Cooperative Extension Auditorium located at 301 E. Mountain Dr., Fayetteville.

The workshop Water Bath Canning will be held May 8 from 12 – 2 p.m. Learn how to preserve tomatoes and other high-acid foods with this hands-on workshop. Participants will learn to easily and safely can food using the water bath canning method. Registration and the $12 fee are due by May 3. Sign up with the Eventbrite link at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/water-bath-canning-101-better-living-series-tickets-859696644807.

Home Muscadine Production and Care workshops will be held May 15 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. and again from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Muscadine grapes are a sweet, southern delicacy that be grown in your home garden. Learn how to plant, trellis and produce muscadines in large or small spaces. Participants will receive a muscadine to plant at home.

The $15 and registration fee are due by May 10. Eventbrite is the preferred method of registration.

Afternoon class, 12 – 1:30 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-muscadine-production-and-care-better-living-series-tickets-859690045067

Evening class, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-muscadine-production-and-care-better-living-series-tickets-859693565597

For additional information contact Susan Johnson at 910-321-6405 or by email at susan_johnson@ncsu.edu.

For accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact Lisa Childers at 910-321-6880, no later than five business days before the event.