Sow & Grow: Food Preservation Workshop with CORE
Sat, Feb 14
|San Jose
Join us for our first Sow & Grow of the year for a food preservation workshop with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE). You'll learn techniques like pickling and canning, and explore how preserved foods can be added to your home's emergency stay box. Afterward, you can bring the veggies home!
Time & Location
Feb 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
San Jose, 691 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95126, USA
Guests
About the Event
Join us for our first Sow & Grow of the year for a food preservation workshop! We'll start with a gardening maintenance activity, followed by a food preservation workshop with Community Organized Relief Effort's (CORE) Climate Resilience and Disaster Preparedness team. Participants will learn vegetable preservation techniques like pickling and canning and explore how preserved foods are not only a great way to extend the life of your vegetables, but a key component to your household's emergency stay box and go bags. Afterward, you can bring the veggies home! Kids are welcome!
Schedule:
1-2 pm - Volunteer activity (garden bed maintenance)
2-3 pm - Food preservation workshop with CORE
In preparation, please: (a) (if you haven't before) sign the volunteer registration and waiver form and (b) review the below frequently asked questions:
What should we wear? Check the weather on the morning of the gathering and dress appropriately. We recommend wearing a long-sleeved shirt and…