Virtual Homesteading: Preserving Your Harvest through Drying
Virtual Homesteading: Preserving Your Harvest through Drying
- date: August 14, 2021
- time: 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm
Drying is an ancient and space-saving food storage technology. Why should you dry foods? How do you store herbs and kale chips for deliciousness all year long? Find out how NOT to dry raisins in your car—from first hand experience! Hawthorn Farm grows a year’s worth of produce, and if they had to choose ONE technique for food storage, dehydration would be it!
This virtual and interactive hour is hosted live via Zoom. After registering, you will receive the link and password.
About Hawthorn Farm
Alexia Allen and Daniel Kirchhof have been feasting together at Hawthorn Farm since 2010. They spent all of 2017 eating only hand-harvested food and continue to develop their Woodinville farm to feed the community great year-round produce. With years of experience between them doing carpentry, animal husbandry, food preserving, and gardening, they find joy in sharing hard-won common sense. Teaching is a passion for them both. Join them in practicing essential skills to build resilient communities! Click to learn more about Hawthorn Farm.
About 21 Acres
21 Acres is a living laboratory that inspires action to solve climate challenges by learning as a community to grow, eat, and live sustainably. We learn as a community about the value of agroecology, soil health, and green energy as solutions to climate change. Learn more.