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Freeze-Dry Your August Garden Surplus
Late summer is when a lot of gardens hit their stride, not their end. Tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and beans are often still producing heavily in August, which means a real decision point: use it all right away, let some of...
Reclaiming Your Health, One Ingredient at a Time
Getting healthier often starts closer to home than people expect — with the food already in the kitchen. The Problem With Relying on Processed Food Many packaged foods lean heavily on artificial preservatives, flavors, and other additives to stay shelf-stable....
Why Freeze-Dried Food Gets White, Crystallized Bubbles
If you've pulled a tray out of your freeze dryer and found white, crystallized bubbles coating the food — or ended up with a bubbly mess instead of a clean ice cream sandwich — nothing is wrong with your machine....
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....
MERGING FOOD PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES: FERMENTATION AND FREEZE DRYING
In the world of food preservation, there are many methods that are satisfactory. Freezing, drying, and canning have been around for many generations in some form or another, and have improved as new equipment has come available. Freezing is known...
Our grandparents were preppers. Have you ever thought about that? All the buzz in the last generation over people who see a need to be ready for what life throws at them has culminated in an attitude that this is...
We received a nice note from one of our customers, Sharon W., in Texas. We bought the medium dryer about 7 months ago. Since then we have been running our dryer practically non-stop. We have found it keeps the flavor,...
Celebrate ‘Stop Food Waste’ Day by Learning the Best Way to Store Fruits and Vegetables This year April 27 is “Stop Food Waste” day. Studies show that 43% of wasted food in the United States comes from households. By making...
RV Camping Meals With a Freeze Dryer: Carol's Story
Carol, a Harvest Right customer from Utah, got her freeze dryer at Christmas and ran it almost nonstop through the following summer — mostly to stock her 5th-wheel RV for dry camping. Her honest question going in: would her husband...