More and more people are feeding their pets freeze dried snacks. Dogs and cats both love the flavor and texture of freeze dried turkey, chicken and beef. Pet owners who have furry friends with skin allergies are turning to freeze dried meats and vegetables as source of limited ingredient treats. These snacks are so much better for your […]
Congratulations to Our March Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations to our lucky winner of our recent Harvest Right contest. Pandora from Wisconsin won a Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer. If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry! We just started a new contest; from now until the end of April you can enter to win $2,000 off a home freeze dryer! Check the link to […]
5 Most Popular Foods to Forage
Wherever you live, it’s likely that the natural habitat around your home has plenty of wild-growing food just waiting for harvesting. Here are some foods easily forage: Flowers Pollen can sometimes detract from the taste of wildflowers, and may even trigger an allergic reaction in some people. Consider removing the pistils and stamens leaving only […]
Be Aware, Then Share to Reduce Food Waste
Reducing food waste is on our minds at Harvest Right these days. New statistics reveal that millions of people go hungry every day while millions of pounds of food, enough to feed all of us twice over, is going in the garbage. We’re encouraging our fantastic home freeze-dryer owners to help the movement to reduce […]
Embracing Ugly Food
In honor of National Nutrition Month in March, we’re continuing to talk about food waste and challenging households to be as close to zero food waste as possible, while still eating healthy. The goal among our Harvest Right Freeze Drying community is to reduce household spending on food, but it’s also to close the gap between the […]
A Challenge to Help Solve World Hunger
National Geographic recently published an article called “How to Solve World Hunger”. The article had a provocative title, but a very simple – and thought provoking – message: Stop throwing out ugly fruits and vegetables. The premise of the article is that 800 million people worldwide go hungry, at the same time the world is […]
Vote for Your Favorite Harvest Right Commercial!
Congratulations to Cindy Roggow — the winner of our $250 gift card! Want a chance to win a $250 Visa Gift Card for free? Watch our fun, new TV commercials that are just hitting the airwaves. Vote for your favorite commercial by leaving a comment on this blog post by April 10th, 2016, and we’ll randomly pick […]
4 Unique Foods You Can Freeze Dry
Providing healthy, fresh food to your family can be challenging—especially when your life is full of deadlines, carpools, homework, after-school activities, and everyday chores. Canning and dehydrating food helps, but each of those processes robs food of nutritional value and even when you freeze your food to retain the nutrition, it comes with an expiration […]
How to Package Freeze-dried Food So It Keeps For 25 Years
Whether you are putting together long-term food storage or simply want to have garden-fresh fruits and vegetables all winter long, the key to successfully preserving food is proper packaging. After all, all the freeze-drying in the world won’t do you much good if your food is improperly stored in containers and packaging that don’t preserve […]
Freeze-Drying and Rehydrating a Pasta Dinner
We’ve been sharing new videos to show you how simple it is to freeze dry and quickly rehydrate entire meals. Our freeze-dry community members can tell you, the ability to make a nutritious, hot, filling meal in a flash starts to feel like a super power. Long day and don’t feel like cooking? One of […]