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The Solar Food Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator Paperback – January 1, 2006

by Eben V. Fodor (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
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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
• Resources, references, solar charts, and more

Eben Fodor is an organic gardener with a background in solar energy and engineering. He works as a community planning consultant in Eugene, Oregon.

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    Mother Earth News Wiser Living
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    144 pages
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    January 1, 2006
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    7.5 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0865715440
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0865715448
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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

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Society Publishers
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0865715440
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0865715448
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.3 x 9 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Mother Earth News Wiser Living
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 107 ratings

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Customers find the book informative and helpful, with well-written directions for building a solar dehydrator. They appreciate its value for money, with one customer noting it saves money. They like the food quality aspect, with one review mentioning tasty pictures of dried food.

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19 customers mention "Information quality"19 positive0 negative

Customers find the book informative and helpful, with one customer noting it provides detailed instructions on building solar food dryers.

"...Tasty pictures of dried food, plus plans to build your own food drying along with photos of tools and techniques. Good job!" Read more

"...This book has all the instructions you will need. Gives you a list of materials; where to find them; how to take advantage of recycled material;..." Read more

"...Seriously, great ideas in this book." Read more

"Book is helpful, but I was hoping it would address drying difficult foods for best preservation, but it is more about how to make a solar dryer." Read more

14 customers mention "Ease of use"14 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to use, with well-written directions that help with building a solar dehydrator.

"...of recycled material; materials to stay away from; easy to follow instructions and foods and how to prepare them. Can't wait to get" Read more

"...needs it was what we needed to get the design and make a fully functional solar food dyer...." Read more

"I gererally, thought this Book was well Done,with lots of Details,but would have like to seen a detailed Construction of at least another Form of a..." Read more

"...The plans are pretty clear and I thought the directions were well written and easy to follow." Read more

3 customers mention "Food quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the food quality of the book, with one mentioning its health benefits and another highlighting its food-saving concept.

"A food saving concept..saves a lot of money" Read more

"Conquer Food prices + eat healthfully..." Read more

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3 customers mention "Photo quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the photos in the book, with one mentioning tasty pictures of dried food.

"...Tasty pictures of dried food, plus plans to build your own food drying along with photos of tools and techniques. Good job!" Read more

"Nicely put together book. Well written with enough photos and drawings to make it understandable. I will make good use of it." Read more

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3 customers mention "Value for money"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be fairly priced, with one mentioning it saves money.

"A food saving concept..saves a lot of money" Read more

"Conquer Food prices + eat healthfully..." Read more

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  • Don Paul
    5.0 out of 5 stars Conquer Food prices + eat healthfully
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2011
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Eben wrote a good book. More than ever, we all need to shrink our food budget and our bellies at the same time. Moreover, I HATE to cook, so food can get ready that is done for me by sunshine is a great deal, especially where I live in Hawaii. Tasty pictures of dried food, plus plans to build your own food drying along with photos of tools and techniques. Good job!
    7 people found this helpful
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  • ARM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I was looking for
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2013
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I live in a sunny, hot, high desert area and was looking for simple instructions on making a solar food dehydrator. This book has all the instructions you will need. Gives you a list of materials; where to find them; how to take advantage of recycled material; materials to stay away from; easy to follow instructions and foods and how to prepare them. Can't wait to get
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Fred Stephen
    4.0 out of 5 stars solar food dryer.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2012
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    the wife read the book and tried a couple of drying techniques. we tried pinapples out of the can and it did ok. could be a little more specific for width of cut for what you are drying. over all this is a good book to have if ub a dryer fan. the reason for only 4 stars is we want to try out more ideas in the book.
    One person found this helpful
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  • gfhen
    5.0 out of 5 stars a very helpful guide
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2012
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    We used this book to build a bigger dryer that suits our needs it was what we needed to get the design and make a fully functional solar food dyer. We have 3 large screens in ours and didn't add the lights since we live in Utah and have alot of sun. I dry fruits and vegetables all summer for winter food, backpack food, preserving food...
    11 people found this helpful
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  • Loa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book. I purchased it the same time as ...
    Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014
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    Another great book. I purchased it the same time as the solar food dryer and am anxious to experiment with it. Unfortunately, I live in the great Pacific NorthWET...s left out intentionally. As soon as it quits raining, I'm going to "play"! Seriously, great ideas in this book.
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  • mitch
    3.0 out of 5 stars but I was hoping it would address drying difficult foods for best preservation, but it is more about how to ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Book is helpful, but I was hoping it would address drying difficult foods for best preservation, but it is more about how to make a solar dryer.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Miguel Angel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good info + Fair Price = This Book
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015
    Format: KindleVerified Purchase
    Great book, theres really not much to say about the book, if you want to know how to build a Solar Food Dryer this is the book for you. It is well explained each step and you don't need a lot of previous knowledge to know how to use it.
    One person found this helpful
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  • Ursula
    5.0 out of 5 stars Read this as an ebook 1st
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2014
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    And then I ordered the paper copy. This is definitely one of those references you want on the shelf. We start building this weekend. Its detailed enough to explain not just why you should have one, but how to make the most of the conditions wherever you live.
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  • Puneet Negi
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in India on December 29, 2018
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    Nice
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  • S Manfreo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2013
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    A very useful, step by step, guide to learning how to preserve food in a natural and easy way.
    Highly recommended to anyone looking to take back control over what they eat and interested in a more
    self-sufficient lyfe style.
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  • Michelle Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Project
    Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2018
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    I’ve added this project to my list of things to do this summer. I look forward to trying it out. The parts list is very helpful and I can find most of the items used at our local Rebuild Centre.
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  • Mrs C F
    5.0 out of 5 stars Informative
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2021
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    Very informative and interesting.
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  • darcus
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting solar food dryer
    Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2019
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I am still reading the book right now. And so far i am loving it yes looking forward to completing
    the reading in a couple of weeks thanks.

    BRENT.
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