Solar Food Drying

Participants in this one day workshop learned to prepare a variety of fruits, vegetables and meats for solar drying. Each participant also built and took home a simple, effective solar food dryer.

Led by: David Omick and Pearl Mast, who developed the dryer design and who have used this method of food preservation extensively during their years of living without refrigeration in the Sonoran Desert.

When: May 5, 2001; October 19, 2002

Where: Tucson, AZ

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	Solar Food Drying Participants in this one day workshop learned to prepare a variety of fruits, vegetables and meats for solar drying. Each participant also built and took home a simple, effective solar food dryer. Led by: David Omick and Pearl Mast, who developed the dryer design and who have used this method of food preservation extensively during their years of living without refrigeration in the Sonoran Desert. When: May 5, 2001; October 19, 2002 Where: Tucson, AZ Back to Past Workshops
	Preparing fruits and vegetables for drying	Placing food on drying table
	Constructing small solar dryers	Workshop participants holding small solar dryer (expandable to make large dryer in foreground)