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Is Homemade Freeze-Dried Pet Food Cheaper?
According to a survey by the American Animal Hospital Association, roughly 70% of pet owners include their pet's name on holiday and greeting cards — a small but telling sign of how much pets are treated as family. It's no...
Thanksgiving means getting to indulge on turkey, potatoes, stuffing, and pie and the days after Thanksgiving mean eating the leftovers. Turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey casseroles - even with getting creative, it can be sometimes difficult to eat all that...
Why Soup Is a Great Food to Freeze-Dry
Soup is one of the oldest prepared foods around — some of the earliest known evidence of soup-making dates back thousands of years, long before written history. Americans alone are commonly estimated to eat billions of bowls of soup a...
Winner of a Medium Freeze Dryer
Congratulations to Ryan! He is the winner of a medium Harvest Right freeze dryer. Ryan is a native of the Pacific Northwest and currently resides with his wife, Kari, and their children, on a homestead on the Palouse, a...
Freeze-Drying Leftover Halloween Candy
If your family ends up with more Halloween candy than anyone can eat, freeze-drying it is one of the most fun things you can do with a freeze dryer. A lot of freeze dryer owners try candy first, before anything...
Freeze-Dried Food versus Dehydrated Food: What’s the Difference? There’s a fairly common misconception that the terms “dehydrated food” and “freeze-dried food” are the same, but they are not. Knowing the difference helps when deciding how to store and preserve food...
Canning vs. Freeze Drying: Which Food Preservation Method Is Right for You?
For generations, families have preserved food to enjoy seasonal harvests year-round, reduce waste, save money, and prepare for the future. Today, two of the most popular methods are canning and freeze drying. Both are excellent food preservation techniques—but they aren't...
Real Story: A Busy Mom's Take on Freeze Drying
Brigette Petersen's story was originally covered by KSL.com. "We were trying to be healthy, trying to do things fast and do things cheap. And that's tough," says Brigette Petersen, a mother of three. Like a lot of parents, she was...
The Real Cost of Food Waste in America
The United States wastes more food than most other developed nations — a meaningful share of what the average household buys never actually gets eaten. Once you count losses from home gardens, farms, and retail on top of household waste,...