Home Economics

Los Alamos County Extension Home Economics program is committed to providing information to educate families about complex issues of today's world.

Families in our community make choices every day about money, time management, child rearing, nutrition, and health. We provide practical, research based, unbiased, and accurate information to help make these choices.

Our programs focus on:

• Diabetes Education/Kitchen Creations
• Family Health and Wellness
• Food Preparation
• Food Safety
• Nutrition
• Food Preservation
• Family Life and Child Development
• Family Resource Management
• Improving consumer and family skills
• Building leadership skills
• Disaster Preparedness

We teach through:

• Local programs
• Community projects
• Group training sessions
• School enrichment

• Los Alamos County Extension Office - Health & Wellness
  Just Be It! Healthy and Fit!

NMSU Extension Publications and Resources

Food Preservation

• National Center for Home Food Preservation

• Guide E-322: Drying Foods

• Guide E-307: Home Canning of Vegetables

• Guide E-319: Home Canning of Fruits

• Guide E-320: Freezing Vegetables

• Guide E-321: Freezing Fruit Basics

• Guide E-323: Salsa Canning

• Guide E-324: Processing Fresh Chile Peppers

• Guide E-308: Canning Green Chile

• Guide E-213: Using Pinto Beans

Food Safety

• Guide E-508: Keeping Food Safe

High Altitude

• High Altitude Cooking and Food Safety

• Guide E-215: High Altitude Cooking

• CR-293: Cake and Mix Recipes for High Altitudes in NM

Pressure Canner Maintenance-

• Pressure canners should be inspected annually. Your county Home Economist provides this service for free. Simply bring your canner and dial gauge by the Extension office to be inspected.

• Pressure Canning at High Altitudes

Home and Family

• SW Border Food Protection and Emergency Preparedness Center

• Pickling Class Photos
  Pictures and information from Pickling Class

• Salsa Canning Class Photos
  Pictures from Salsa Canning Class