This collection of videos from University Extension offices nationwide cover dehydrating fruits, herbs and vegetables.
Research on food preservation is ongoing – recommendations may have changed since the release of some videos. Please refer to the National Center for Home Food Preservation for the most current recommendations.
Scroll down to see the collection of videos on the following topics: General Dehydrating, Dehydrate Herbs, Dehydrate Fruits, Dehydrate Vegetables.
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General Dehydrating
- Dry it, you’ll like it (5:21 min.) - University of Minnesota Extension
- Drying fruits and veggies (13:29 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- Drying overview (13:53 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- Dehydrating with Kathy (51:43) - University of Kentucky Extension
- RU Ready 2 Preserve Dehydrating (1:10:31) - New Jersey Rutgers
- Drying Food: The Basics (4:00) - University of Michigan Extension
- Drying Foods at Home: Fill Your Pantry (1:00:46) - University Illinois Extension
- Dehydrating Food (10:53) - University of Wyoming Extension
- Food Preservation @ Home: Dehydration (56.42 ) - South Dakota State University Extension
Dehydrate Fruits
- How to dry fruit (1:49 min.) - University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- Dehydrating tomatoes (2:15 min) - North Carolina State Extension
- Fruit leather (10:41 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- Drying apples (11:52 min.) - Pennsylvania State Extension
- Drying fruits (14:01 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- Preserving Apples: Fill Your Pantry (1:06:37) - University Illinois Extension
- How to Dry Fruit (7:59 ) -New Mexico State University
- “Apples: Nutrition, Selection and Preservation” (10:21) - University of Georgia Extension
Dehydrate Herbs
- Preserving herbs (5:09 min.) - University of Minnesota Extension
- Drying herbs (7:12 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- RU Ready 2 Preserve Preserving Herbs (36:05) - New Jersey Rutgers
- How to Dry Herbs (1:41 ) - University of Maine Extension
Dehydrate Vegetables
- How to dry vegetables (2:04 min.) - University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- Drying zucchini (11:41 min.) - Pennsylvania State Extension
- Drying vegetables (12:56 min.) - University of Alaska Extension
- RU Ready 2 Garden Ep. 9 Preserving the Harvest: Freezing & Dehydrating -Rutgers Cooperative Extension
- How to Preserve Chile from Your Garden (5:37 ) -New Mexico State University