Our solar food dryers provide a natural and healthy way of preserving foods. No chemicals are used, energy comes from the sun. The color, flavor, vitamin, and mineral retention are superb. And the shelf life of foods dried this way can last for months if not years with no mold growth. The dryers are being used in Russia, The Ukraine, Cameroon, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Tunisia, Somalia, Eritrea, Ivory Coast,  Afghanistan, Syria, Mexico, Venezuela and Reunion Island, France . We will soon have them in Honduras and possibly Haiti. Fish, meats, vegetables, fruits, coffee beans, edible flowers, herbs and spices can all be processed in this manor.  People have asked me “Why do I need a solar food dryer?” The simple answer is you may not. But many who garden all over the world as part of a sustainable lifestyle will adopt it. Small businesses will see the added value it will bring. NGO’s and nonprofits working with subsistence farmers, many large scale farmers, and many large scale growers will see the benefits of this system both in reduced costs of producing a higher quality dried food as well as the independence from a vulnerable centralized or somtimes nonexistent energy distribution system. (Please see our links page for technical documents)

     For years, the team of Mr. Claudio Menegatti and Mr. Aldo Villagrossi, two men of science, literature, music, and humanitarian concerns have worked diligently to bring solar food drying to remote villages of the world where electrical power is scarce or nonexistent, clean methods for food preservation are lacking, and women, particularly, gather wood for cooking fires miles from their homes. We now have three solar powered models that can change this situation for thousands while also bringing cost effective solar food preservation to backyard gardeners, small scale farmers, as well as commercial scale companies. Our goal is to manufacture the dryers in the US as well as license the technology to others around the world. We will be working with Ecovidaglobal, a nonprofit that works with communities throughout the Americas. They are now gearing up for a new project with a community in a remote part of Honduras. 

You will find in our documents on the Links page, research from Italian organizations that overwhelmingly supports the solar food dryers. We are working on a US pilot project that we expect will confirm the Italian findings and lead us to many opportunities in the US. Documenting the impact of the dryer on a Honduran community will also serve as a model for use throughout the underserved regions of the world.