Food Preservation Teacher Resources

Instructions for preserving fruits and vegetables.

A simple experiment to observe whether adding lemon juice to pieces of potato, apple, and banana helps to preserve them.

Lloyd Hall was a pioneer in the field of food chemistry, preservation, and sterilization.

Read this article for information on the life and accomplishments of Clarence Birdseye.

This pages gives an interesting summary of the adventures and life story of Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of a frozen food process that revolutionized the frozen food industry.

This video provides a brief explanation of the microbes that live in the foods we love. [3:19]

Would you clean your plate if you had to eat what frontier families served in eastern Montana? Find out what's on the menu from this companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.

Inventor Lloyd Augustus Hall is featured in this brief biography who made several contributions to the food and drug industry such as his patented method for curing meats so they would keep better.

The UC Davis site not only discusses the history of the salt trade, but also evaluates the importance of salt to society throughout history. It covers the history of salt from ancient times through the medieval and modern periods.

Sandor Ellix Katz, self-proclaimed "fermentation revivalist" and author of "The Art of Fermentation" (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2012) discusses the two "cultures." [2:14]

Jars broke? Lids buckled? Home canning expert Jessica Piper explains common preserving pitfalls. [17 mins. 8 secs.]

Brief article about Clarence Birdeye's discovery of a way to preserve food by flash-freezing it.

The chemistry behind sausage and cheese. [17 mins. 7 secs.]

Discover why pasteurization is important, the different methods of pasteurization, and its side effects.