By The Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante

Typical Books about Preserving garden produce nearly always assume that modern kitchen gardeners will boil or freeze their vegetables and fruits. Yet here is a book that goes back to the future- celebrating traditional but little-known French techniques for storing and preserving fresh edibles in ways that maximize flavor and nutrition. In addition to offering methods of food storage that don’t require modern conveniences, Preserving Food offers more than 250 easy and enjoyable recipes. 198 pages

by Suzanne Ashworth

This complete guide to seed-saving techniques covers 160 different vegetables and includes detailed instructions on how to grow, harvest, dry, clean and store your own seeds! 228 pages, b&w interior photos

by Dianne Onstad

An essential resource for today’s health-conscious cooks and lovers of natural foods, this book provides a wealth of information on whole foods from apricot to zucchini, and includes nutritional facts, buying tips, lore, legends, and traditional uses for hundreds of foods. The Whole Food Companion includes a comprehensive section on herbs and the health and curative effects of each. 535 pages, b&w illustrations

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Excalibur® 3500 Specifications:

*8 square feet of total drying area. 8 1/2″High 17″ Wide 19″ Deep 7″ Fan 440 Watts

* Compact, European styled unit, great for year round counter use. Large enough for quality drying.

* Adjustable Thermostat 85 – 155 degrees for taking advantage of Hyperwave Fluctuation technology

* 5 trays – 15″ x 15″ each

* Includes 5 Mesh Sheets for general dehydrating

* 110 volts / 60 HZ

* Weight: 23 lbs.

* MADE IN THE USA

* NEW! Extended, 10 Year Factory Warranty

* Choose Case color of Black or White (door and trays is black in both instances)

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Excalibur 3000 Deluxe Dehydrator Series, offers the ultimate versatility, dependability and quality construction Excalibur Dehydrators are known for. This Series is designed to last over 20 years and built to the highest specifications with upgraded electrical components and innovative plastics. What makes the 3000 Deluxe Series better than the 2000 Economy Series:

• Upgrade Electrical Components including:
  • Higher Cycle Life Thermostat
  • Higher Duty Rating Heating Element
  • Heave Duty Motor
• Higher Grade Innovative Plastic Parts
• 10 year Limited Manufactures Warranty

Excalibur has 35 years of Dehydrator manufacturing excellence, and the Excalibur Food Dehydrator sets the industry standard for design, quality, and dependability.The Parallexx design, with a temperature controlled, fan forced, horizontal rear mounted drying system, is the same features found in Excalibur’s NSF Commercial Dehydrators, however in an affordable home unit.The Excalibur 3900 Deluxe Dehydrator is the family size deluxe dehydrator model, with large area ideal for high volume drying.

Excalibur Food Dehydrators offer the ultimate in versatility, with removable door and trays, a must in order to use every other tray or no trays at all, allowing you to dry large items, bloom rice, make jerky, make yogurt, dry crafts, raise breads, dry sprouted breads, dry pie crust and more.

Durable American Made
All components are made and assembled in the United States of America.
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DUAL MEDIA KDF SHOWER FILTER

* Effective for both hot and cold water.

* Reduces up to 95% of chlorine

* Reduces chemical absorption and vapor inhalation

* Reduces 98% of water soluble heavy metals

* Contains bacteriostatic KDF as well as other media

* Reduces damage to hair and skin

* Eliminates foul tastes and odors

* Back Flush Attachment to prevent premature clogging

* Reduces lime, scale, mold and fungi in showers

* Also available with massage shower head already installed

OVERVIEW:

The dual media KDF Shower Filter will typically last 10,000 gallons or one year whichever comes first. The shower filter contains KDF 55 granules, which are most effective in removing or reducing chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, microorganisms, scale and water-soluble heavy metals such as lead, mercury, and iron. KDF process media also kill bacteria and inhibit the growth of bacteria, algae, and fungi. As an added benefit, KDF media reduce lime scale, mold, and fungi in your shower.  KDF process media are completely safe so the process is not toxic and does not cause any adverse side effects. Effective for both hot and cold water.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

In the shower environment, chlorine can either be in liquid or gas state. At higher water temperatures in the enclosed shower stall, free-chlorine moves from the liquid to the gas state, where it vaporizes and subsequently is inhaled. The United States regulates all showerhead flow at 2.5 gallons per minute. Thus, the science behind shower filtration must take into account the unique situation in the shower, including temperature, flow rate and volume.

Our Dual Media KDF Shower Filter works on a similar principle to a Catalytic Converter in an automobile. In shower filtration free-chlorine is converted into a harmless chloride. The scientific name for this chemical reaction is known as “Reduction-Oxidation”, commonly referred to as Redox.  Redox reactions can be chemically complex. Simply stated, during a Redox reaction electrons are transferred between molecules, creating new elements. For instance, when free-chlorine comes in contact with the filtration media, it is changed into a benign, water-soluble chloride. This reaction changes free-chlorine to a larger chloride element, too large to evaporate or be absorbed by the skin. It is then carried harmlessly through the water supply. Hospitals, restaurants, municipal water treatment facilities, and homes rely on KDF process media to safely reduce or remove free chlorine, iron, iron oxides, heavy metals, hydrogen sulfide and bacteria from their water.

KDF process media are high-purity copper-zinc formulations used in treatment applications to reduce heavy metals, hydrogen sulfide, microorganisms, and scale. Water filtered through redox media controls microorganism growth. Treating water reduces bacteria and other microorganisms by electron transport, causing cellular damage. KDF process media also kill bacteria by direct electrochemical contact and by the flash formation hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxide, both of which interfere with a microorganism’s ability to function. High-purity copper-zinc redox media consistently remove 99% of free chlorine by electrochemically reducing dissolved chlorine gas to water-soluble chloride ions.

Redox media remove up to 98% of water-soluble cations (positively-charged ions) of lead, mercury, copper, nickel, chromium, and other dissolved metals. When filtered through KDF media, soluble lead cations are reduced to insoluble lead atoms, which are electroplated onto the surface of the media. All forms of KDF media are guaranteed for product purity, and a certified analytical sheet accompanies each manufacturing run. KDF media also meet EPA and Food and Drug Administration standards for maximum limits of zinc and copper in potable water.