Hi Valerie, I was wondering if Otto is going to make more dryers this summer.
Thanks, Joey --- On Mon, 6/8/09, Valorie Rockney <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Valorie Rockney <[email protected]> > Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Solar Food Dryer - last call before cherry > season! > To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv" > <[email protected]>, "Steve Gabriel" > <[email protected]>, > [email protected], "diane fine" <[email protected]>, > "tim drake" <[email protected]>, "jed jordan" > <[email protected]>, [email protected], "jason hamilton" > <[email protected]>, "Katie Quinn-Jacobs" <[email protected]>, "Yvonne > LaMontagne" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "denise > mooney" <[email protected]>, "burns" > <[email protected]>, "Sabrina Johnston" > <[email protected]>, "Harold Mills" <[email protected]>, > "Alison Fromme" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], "Graham O" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 12:15 PM > Want to preserve the bounty of your > harvest, without using fossil fuel for either preservation > or storage? To maximize the vitamin content of your stored > food? Then solar food dehydration is for you. > > Here's a chance to buy a solar food dryer, made by Otto > Ottoson, a local carpenter. The dryer is similar to Eben > Fodor's Sun Works design in his book The Solar Food > Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High > Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator. We thank Eben for > his permission to use his design, and we highly recommend > his book and his websites http://www.solarfooddryer.com/ and > http://www.fodorandassociates.com/index.html. > > On sunny days the dehydrator runs entirely on passive solar > energy. If the day turns cloudy or rainy, there's an > electric backup. The dryers are screened to keep out > insects, and adjustable venting allows you to control the > temperature. It's quiet because there is no fan; air > circulates by natural convection (hot air rises and cool air > flows in from below). > > Because these dryers are American-made, they are more > expensive than the imported products we may be used to. The > cost is $375, our best estimate of the cost of labor and > materials.If it turns out to cost less, we'll charge less. > The cabinet will be made from pine rather than plywood as in > the original design, to address concerns we heard about > possible off-gassing of formaldehyde from plywood. In > addition, these dryers will use a small ceramic heating unit > for backup, which should be even more energy efficient than > the light bulb in the original design. > > I tried Otto's prototype with tomatoes, green peppers, even > onions. The green peppers did look like dried spiders, but I > thought they tasted good. Best of all were the cherries, > which I doled out like candy all winter long. I liked the > solar food dryer much better than a conventional electric > dehydrator, which I found noisy and hot. > > If you would like to order a solar food dryer, please send > or bring a down payment of $100 to arrive by the end of the > week to Otto Ottoson, 207 Rachel Carson Way, Ithaca, NY > 14850. You can also call him at 277-0589. The rest of the > money will be due when the dryers are ready. This is > anticipated to be an ongoing project, with dehydrators built > from time to time when there are enough orders to warrant > making more. However if you want to dry this year's > cherries, better place your order now! > > If you need to contact me, I'm at [email protected], > or 272-4921 before 9 pm. You're welcome to forward this to > others who might be interested. > > Yours for off-grid food storage, > > Valorie > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins > County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information > for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
