The Frederick County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is your local connection to Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.
Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of Frederick County improve their lives.
We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.
107 N. Kent Street
2nd Floor
Winchester, VA 22601
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Main Office: (540) 665-5699
Fax: (540) 722-8380
Contact Us
FREE Pressure Canner Testing
Virginia Cooperative Extension will offer FREE pressure canner gauge testing at the Frederick County Extension Office (107 N. Kent St., Winchester, 2nd floor) on May 14th from 9-11:00 a.m. Bring your pressure canner lid and attached dial gauge; we do not test weighted gauges. For additional times and locations of testings, check Programs (Family & Consumer Science)
So Easy to Preserve: Jam & Jelly Canning Workshop
Learn how to can jams and jellies using the water bath canning technique.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Wesley Uniter Methodist Church (527 Van Fossen St., Winchester) Cost: $10. For additional registrations information, check Programs (Family and Consumer Science).
Profitable Greenhouse Production of Local Produce Workshop
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at The Gathering Place (841 Mt. Clinton Pike, Harrisonburg), from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Cost: $15 per person. Virginia Cooperative Extension Specialists will cover: High Tunnel Production of Local Produce; Greenhouse Selection and Construction; Crop Production Details; Integrated Pest Management for Greenhouse Edibles; Marketing Your Local Produce; and Is Your Operation Profitable? For additional registration information, go to Programs - Agriculture.
2012 ServSafe Classes
Click on the following link to register for the upcoming ServSafe Class:
To register on-line for the June 5, 2012 class, click this link:
https://apps.cals.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ServSafe.woa/wa/register?classId=2561