A solar food dehydrator is the perfect option for preserving produce while saving energy. At MOTHER EARTH NEWS, we love the idea of eating locally-grown fruits and vegetables year round, and food ...

The following is an excerpt from The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage by Scott Meyer (Running Press, 2011). The excerpt is from Chapter 3: Save It For Later. Using passive ...

Don't pay a premium to buy pre-dehydrated food. Dehydrate your own with this simple dehydrator made from scrap lumber. The Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa shares simple plans for ...

The solar dehydrator is movable, built with wheels for rotating it with the sun, or to move it do a different location. The long trough is a wooden frame, lined on the inside with black metal mesh, ...

Keeping tasty dried fruit on hand doesn't require buying a device off late-night TV. Using the sun as a free energy source, you can use your car's sun-baked dashboard to get the job done. Tom, of the ...

JUA Technologies International, an agriculture technology startup that manufactures solar-powered crop dehydrators, has received a two-year, $600,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ...