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Make-Ahead Oatmeal With a Freeze Dryer
Busy mornings are the reason a lot of people skip a real breakfast for coffee and whatever's fastest — but a freeze dryer makes it possible to have real, home-cooked oatmeal ready in the time it takes to boil water....
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....
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...
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...
Freeze-Dried Food for Boating and Flying
Trying new restaurants is part of the fun of a vacation — until the salty, overpriced meals start piling up. Bringing your own freeze-dried meals and snacks saves money, time, and a fair number of calories, no matter how you're...
Peas and Beans: Protein for Disaster Cleanup
After a disaster, the work that follows often looks nothing like an ordinary day — snow removal, cutting fallen trees, hauling debris, managing water damage. That kind of sustained physical labor puts real demands on the body, and protein is...
Build Your Emergency Food Plan Before You Need It
Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma, along with major wildfires across the western U.S. in 2017, were a stark reminder of how much day-to-day things like grocery store shelves and food supply chains get taken for granted. Disasters like these tend...