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Our neighbor Mike gave up meat for Lent this year, coached along by another set of neighbors who are vegetarian and vegan. Forty days in, he'd lost weight, looked healthier, and — even though he was counting down to his...

The trick is simple once you see it: the same base you'd freeze-dry for a winter soup works just as well as a summer grain salad — just cut back the broth and add small pasta or quinoa. Freeze-dry a...

Every gardener eventually faces the same challenge. After months of planning, planting, watering, and weeding, the harvest arrives all at once. Tomatoes ripen faster than they can be eaten, herbs need to be picked before they flower, berries don't wait,...

A freeze dryer earns its keep in a lot of small, unglamorous ways — and for our family, most of them show up on the busy weeknights that used to end in takeout. Emergency Food That Solves Everyday Problems We...

If you live somewhere like Hawaii, fruit trees are almost an afterthought — plant one and it thrives outdoors year-round. Most of the country needs to be more deliberate about it, choosing dwarf or cold-hardy varieties that actually match their...

Average U.S. Grocery Budgets: Where Do You Land? Every month, USDA publishes what it estimates a household actually spends on groceries, broken into four tiers: Thrifty, Low-cost, Moderate, and Liberal. Before you look at the numbers, take a guess at...

Freeze-drying a good herb harvest in the fall means still having real basil, lemon verbena, or whatever else grew well, well into winter — enough to build a dinner party menu around three different pesto varieties instead of rationing one...

Speaking on Business, a Zions Bank radio show hosted by Chris Redgrove, recently featured Harvest Right on their show. Chris explains how our breakthrough freeze drying technology is changing the way that the average family preserves food. Play the video...

A big harvest rarely fits one preservation method. Some crops freeze-dry beautifully and lose almost nothing in the process; others are actually better off in a cold cellar or a cool pantry corner, no machine required. Sorting that out ahead...