Eco Hearth website shares a how to make a solar dehydrator so you can tap into the sun rays to dry your food.
This design is really amazing: it has space between the trays so air can flow and circulate and a large surface of glass so it can absorb heat quickly and keep it.
This is an off the grid project.
Click here to read how to make this project:
http://ecohearth.com/eco-zine/food-and-garden/650-building-a-solar-powered-food-dehydrator-.html
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