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How Loud Is a Harvest Right Freeze Dryer?
Noise is one of the most common questions we hear before someone buys a freeze dryer — and it's a fair one. Everyone has a different tolerance for background sound, and a freeze dryer runs for hours at a time....
Best Emergency Food for an Earthquake
Somewhere in the world, an earthquake happens today — most too small to notice, but some large enough to cause real damage. Being ready doesn't depend on living in a high-risk zone; it depends on having food on hand that...
Real Stories: Freeze-Drying Through a Hurricane
When Hurricane Irma flooded their Jacksonville, Florida home with eight feet of water in September 2017, David and Karen Smith were already prepared — not by luck, but because Karen had spent the previous year building a freeze-dried food supply....
Your Freeze-Dried Stash Isn't Just for Emergencies
It's tempting to seal up a freeze-dried food supply and leave it untouched until an emergency calls for it — but using it regularly is actually what makes it work best when you need it most. Why People Build a...
Real Story: Prepared Before the Storm Hit
A few weeks before writing this, a large box of freeze-dried food went out to a daughter and grandkids in the direct path of Hurricane Florence — and it turned out to matter more than expected. When the Storm Passes,...
Freeze-Drying Fits Almost Any Preparedness Plan
Preparedness doesn't have to mean anything complicated — for a lot of Harvest Right owners, it's simply a side effect of how they already use their freeze dryer. The Common Reasons People Buy One Special diets, lightweight travel food, and...
End-of-Month Preparedness Checklist
Emergency Preparedness Month wraps up in October, which makes it a good moment to take stock of what's been done and what's still worth tackling before next year. None of what follows costs a dime — just time. Document Everything...
Prepping Isn't New: One Family's Path to Freeze-Drying
Our grandparents were preppers. They just didn't have a word for it. "Prepper" Is a New Word for a Very Old Habit The last decade or so has turned "prepping" into something that feels new, trendy, or worth raising an...
National Preparedness Month: How to Prepare Your Family for an Emergency
Every September, National Preparedness Month reminds families to think ahead about the emergencies that could affect their homes and communities. Severe storms, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, winter weather, power outages, and other disruptions can happen with little warning. Although no family...