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Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext The only book in print devoted to solar food drying. Vorwort > Print campaign to gardening, healthy food, outdoor and home power publications > Email and website promotion to appropriate energy, permaculture and raw food lists > Postcard mailing to renewable energy and DIY nonprofits such as Solar Energy International > Inclusion in a mini-catalog > Possible Mother Earth News Series title > Author will seek to place articles about the book with magazines Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Food Drying Is More Fun in the Sun!; Harvesting Solar Energy; Design Considerations for Solar Dryers; Complete Instructions for Making Your Own Solar Dryer; Putting Your Solar Dryer to Work; Favourite Dried Food Recipes; Index.
