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 longwith free sunshine! Applicable to a wide geographywherever gardens growthis 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 moreEben Fodor is an organic gardener with a background in solar energy and engineering. He works as a community planning consultant in Eugene, Oregon.