The Solar Food Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own High-Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator (Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living)

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Synopsis The "Solar Food Dryer" describes how to use solar energy to dry your food instead of costly electricity. With your own solar-powered food dryer, you can quickly and efficiently dry all your extra garden veggies, fruits and herbs to preserve their goodness all year long - with free sunshine! Applicable to a wide geography - wherever gardens grow - this well illustrated book includes: complete step-by step plans for building a high-performance, low-cost solar food dryer from readily-available materials solar energy design concepts food drying tips and recipes sources, references, solar charts, and more. This is a "Mother Earth News" book for wiser living. About the Author Eben Fodor has a background in renewable energy, specializing in high efficiency passive solar heating systems and solar-heated saunas. His professional work is as a community planning consultant based in Eugene, Oregon