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 ...

Every year, about 30 per cent of India's agricultural produce goes to waste — but an award-winning company has found a solution. S4S Technologies has developed a solar-powered food dehydrator, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A solar food dehydrator is the perfect option for preserving produce while saving energy. At MOTHER EARTH NEWS, we love the idea of eating locally-grown fruits and vegetables year round, and food ...

Derek Markham is a green living expert who started writing for Treehugger in 2012. Coolstock/CC BY 3.0 Solar-powered devices aren't just for the off-grid adventurers and power-hungry gadget-loving ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – JUA Technologies International, an agriculture technology startup that manufactures solar-powered crop dehydrators, has received a two-year, $600,000 Phase II Small Business ...

With increasing interest in healthy eating, sustainable local food supplies and self-reliance, many people are discovering the benefits of a solar food dehydrator -- access to high-quality fruits and ...

October 11, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Don't pay a premium to buy pre-dehydrated food. Dehydrate your own with this simple dehydrator made from scrap ...

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 ...

Frustrated by nonelectric dehydrators that didn’t function in their humid climate, Walk decided to test her “hot tin roof ” theory: She spread a bunch of produce on a window screen, covered it with ...