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Everyone has their reasons for wanting a pantry full of a year’s worth of food. If you are still on the fence about the benefits of having food storage for you and your family, here are just a few reasons...

Will the cost of a freeze dryer be going up or down soon? Freeze drying technology has, unfortunately, been very expensive. The initial freeze dryer we introduced just a few years ago was $5,000, but we keep doing our best...

  Thanksgiving means getting to indulge on turkey, potatoes, stuffing, and pie and the days after Thanksgiving mean eating the leftovers. Turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey casseroles - even with getting creative, it can be sometimes difficult to eat all...

If there’s one thing Brigette Petersen knows a bit about, it’s stretching a dollar – and an hour. The busy wife and mother of three knows what it’s like to look for the cheap and fast solution when it comes...

  As the days count down to retirement, we have spent countless hours looking at numbers, comparing expenses to expected income, and finding ways to make the most of our remaining years. While we won’t be forced to subsist, we...

Oh, how I used to dread Tuesdays. Trash day was Wednesday, and every Tuesday evening, after dinner, I would rummage through the fridge shelf by shelf, pulling mystery containers, bits of leftovers, and forgotten treats. I would sort through the...

  BEST QUALITY   Don’t rely on the claims of freeze dried food companies that their food uses only the highest quality ingredients. With a home freeze dryer, you choose what you put in, so you know exactly what you’re...