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Storing and Preserving your Harvest

A single week's fruits and vegetables from community-supported agriculture share: peppers, okra, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, garlic, eggplant, squash.

Farmers' markets are hopping, CSA boxes are full to bursting, and gardens all over the state are starting to produce, but sometimes a bumper crop can be hard to handle. 

Host Charity Nebbe talks with ISU Extension Horticulturists Richard Jauron and Linda Naeve about how to save some of the bounty for later.  They discuss various methods for preserving food safely, and answer gardening questions.

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa
Katherine Perkins is IPR's Program Director for News and Talk