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Produce processing and storage

Max Apton's picture
Submitted by Max Apton on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 2:00pm
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Question

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for affordable ways to process and store vegetables at keep-safe temperatures and to prevent wilting. I've seen some good hacks for refrigerated trucks and I of course know about the coolbot. Wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of any other good hacks out there for these uses? Thanks.

Max

anniehehner's picture
Submitted by anniehehner on Sun, 11/17/2013 - 9:41pm

Hi there. I built a 10x10 strawbale cooler for under $2000 (including a metal roof and used coolbot), and have been using it for a year and half now, and it works great. A 10x10 pre-fab cooler is at least $5000, so strawbale is a really economical, efficient and fun way to go. I just put together a poster describing it for the Farm Hack event in Davis yesterday and will be posting it up on this site as soon as I figure how.

nigel's picture
Submitted by nigel on Fri, 02/21/2014 - 7:32pm

Hi Annie - I'd love to see that poster! I am planning a similar project.