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“Preserving food from your garden or orchard can be a good way to combat the rising prices of food at the grocery,” says Bridget Mouchon-Humphrey, UW-Extension Family Living Agent. “But be sure to follow research-tested recipes for safe, high quality food that your family will enjoy.”

Recipes that are not precise, that call for “a pinch” of this ingredient or “a pinch” of that ingredient; recipes that are not tested in a laboratory; or those that contain outdated or inaccurate canning information, can result in products that may be unsafe to consume. Mouchon-Humphrey offer...