Hawaii Master Food Preservers Program
Learn how to safely develop, prepare, package and market value added products.
Our Mission
The Hawaii Master Food Preservers is dedicated to the education and training of individuals in the discipline of food safety, food preservation science and the development of unique value-added products from locally grown and sourced produce.
Our primary focus is the advancement of entrepreneurial skills and work force development.
We are committed to increasing Hawaii’s innovative value-added products through exports and create new income sources for greater sustainability in the community.
Hawaiʻi Master Food Preservers Program
8 full days of instruction, discussion and hands on production of safe preservation of locally grown produce, fruit, fish and meats.
What our alumni are saying:
Kris Bordessa
www.attainable-sustainable.net
“Taking the Master Food Preservers class opened my eyes to long-term food security options. I learned about food safety, varieties of foods to preserve and the different methods of preserving different foods. This was an excellent course for me and my family because I have more control over what I put on our table.”
Kara Danner
"I know your lives are busy and I cannot express how much I appreciate your time, energy and dedication that you both put into the Master Food Preservers Certification program. So much happens outside of the classroom. I am grateful to you for sharing your experiences, expertise and wisdom in the hardest class I’ve had in a very long time. I made some mistakes, but your kindness and great sense of humor kept me pushing forward. I would like to think this is only the beginning; with the knowledge you have enriched me with I can move in any direction."
Susan Prodan
Kona Vanilla & Fruits, LLC
"I cannot more highly recommend the Master Food Preservers Certificate Training Program class. It is excellent and exceeded all of my expectations. The topics covered by the course are amazingly comprehensive and the hands-on skills taught are of great value equally to the home cook, budding food entrepreneur or professional chef. Our course instructor, Ken Love is a gem and wonderful asset for Hawai‘i’s efforts to develop a more sustainable and profitable local food industry."
Bradley Bunn
“The Hawaii Master Food Preserver class helped me have the confidence to finally start preserving food seriously. It’s been my goal for many years, not just to preserve the food bounty we are able to enjoy through our growing efforts, but also to be able to share it with friends and family, safely. Knowing what it takes to preserve any product that is safe to can, either by boiling water bath or pressure canning, also the enabled me to get more creative with ingredients and come up with some delicious and unique combinations. Thank you Ken and Jane!”
Susan Chouinard
“Our Molokai class took me from my grandmother’s and mother’s gardening/preserving skills into a modern array of ideas and tools for preserving our tropical foods. Updating Patty to the 21st century gave me the confidence to experiment with a broader range of foods and preservation techniques. Also the health and safety section encouraged/pushed me to improve my company’s value added product line. Over all I just became a more confident and experimentally curious Master Food Preserver.”
Patty McCartney
“This class went beyond my expectations. It taught me how to expand my business and production while following and enhancing food safety procedures. It also taught me a whole world of other food preservation techniques besides the one I was familiar with. Ken and Jane have such a wide knowledge base on food preservation and on the special fruits and foods that we have here in Hawaii, that the information I learned In the class I would never be able to find online. The class was filled with humor. Likewise being small and hands on we built camaraderie and lasting friendships.”
Rourk Reagan