Efficient methods to preserve harvest through canning, freezing and drying, with practical tips on equipment, safety, storage and batch planning.

Freeze drying is a process for preserving different types of food, and the benefits of freeze-dried food are many. While dehydrated foods sometimes have a very different texture and taste from their ...

Idaho homesteader Thomas guides readers through freeze-drying food at home in this comprehensive manual. Initially skeptical about trying a freeze dryer, Thomas became a believer after processing a ...

How does a freeze dryer work? Learn how to freeze-dry food at home when investing in a freeze-dryer to significantly extend the shelf life of food. This audio article was sponsored by Harvest Right ...

Walk into any specialty grocery or gift shop, and you're sure to spy a display of brightly colored (if pricey) freeze-dried candy. But while freeze-dried candy is a fairly recent trend, freeze drying ...

Kenny Coogan: What’s the strangest thing that you’ve successfully been able to freeze dry? I think it was the item that surprised me the most or like my most genius idea, was to freeze dry all the wet ...