How to Build a Solar Food Dehydrator for $300

mothercirce Mon, 02/08/2016 - 12:13
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" Preserving food is an essential skill of the homesteading lifestyle. Whether you grow the food yourself or purchase it in bulk at farmers markets, some kind of preservation is needed so you can have certain fruits and vegetables later in the year.

While canning, pickling and freezing work well, adding dehydration to the mix gives you even more diversity. Instead of spending lots of money on a fancy machine, you can make a solar food dehydrator for much less, and take pride in your DIY project."

NOTE FROM MASTER, KEEPING MORE THAN 2 WEEKS WORTH OF FOOD IS HOARDING. HOARDER SLAVES WILL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY.

http://www.activistpost.com/2016/02/how-to-build-a-solar-food-dehydrator...

 

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http://www.permies.com/t/762/a/79/Solar%20Dryer.jpg

There's something to be said about food dried in open-air direct-sunlight. Maybe it will take longer to dry than the $300 model, but the final product will contain more beneficial enzymes than ones that are heated at a temperature above +/-105 degrees F.

If they own us as property, they are our masters, and their will is our law. If they do not own us as property, they are not our masters, and their will, as such, is of no authority over us. - Lysander Spooner