STORY: (Nidhi Pant, Co-founder of S4S Technologies) "How can we reduce wastage and at the same time give a good income to farmers?” The answer to that question lies in this solar-powered food ...

The [VelaCreations] family lives off the grid, getting the electricity that they actually use from solar and wind power. When they started looking for ways to preserve the fruit and vegetables now ...

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) ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Creating a solar food dehydrator has served up national acclaim. Five years after starting his company, Dr. Klein Ileleji has been recognized by the U.S. Small Business ...

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 ...

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, ...

Dear Jim I plan to buy a lot of fruits and vegetables now (lower prices) and preserve them for natural snacks and cooking. I thought about drying them. Do solar dryers work well or are electric ones ...

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 ...

While the complete value chain for fruit products including the jackfruit and pineapple still elude a bigger section of farmers in Luweero District for lack of a fruit processing factory within their ...

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 ...

Make a low-cost solar food dehydrator to dry your garden produce. Discover how to build a low-cost solar food dehydrator using cardboard and plastic wrap. Build a Low-Cost Solar Dehydrator The end of ...