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Here's a little Freeze Drying 101: Oxygen and water are the enemies of freeze dried food. One of the best ways to preserve food long term is by using Mylar bags with an oxygen absorber to keep oxygen and water...
Can Freeze Drying Improve Your Health?
Some members of our community are wondering if freeze drying can help them improve their health. The topic came up again recently when one of our members brought up the fact that their employer was switching insurance providers that...
Harvest Right Makes Best Prepper Website List
Harvest Right's website was recently named as one of the 'Best 250 Prepper Websites' by Happy To Survive, a homesteading and prepping resource. Here's their review: "Harvest Right. Ok here is the review for this awesome website. 4 Words: FREEZE...
Until now, canning food has been one of the best methods of home food preservation available. There are problems with canning, however, including a high risk of spoilage, short shelf life, reduced nutritional value, limited variety as well as a...
Creating a Winter Emergency Food Storage Plan
Well, as they say, Winter is Coming. The last two winters were brutal in nearly every state of the Union - even those without snowfall saw record colds and even some ice. Predictions are that this winter will be dangerously...
Freeze drying protein is so important for several reasons, the first one being that in an emergency you can't live on freeze dried pudding drops, as much fun as that would be. Freeze drying protein also allows you to take...
In-home freeze dryers have been called "the microwaves of the future." So just how big are these fantastic new appliances compared to microwaves - and will they fit in your kitchen? Freeze dryers are quite compact! Dimensions: are 30” tall...
My neighbor's tomato plants are having one last hurrah before retiring for the winter. Tomatoes aren't known for their long shelf life so she put out an S.O.S., which I was glad to respond to. Yes, you can freeze dry...
I think the last harvest of summer fruits and veggies taste so good because I know it will be a long time before I get another perfect tomato sandwich or handful of sun-warmed berries off the bush in the back...