Freezing is quick and easy but requires purchasing an expensive freezer if you don t already own one. Canning food requires more work than freezing but is generally unaffected by power outages. The initial expense of getting started can be substantial if you have to purchase the canner itself and related items like jars, lids, etc., and new lids must be purchased each year. Preserving food by solar drying requires no energy except the heat of the sun. Dried food also requires no energy to maintain it while stored.
Related expenses are practically nothing, and little storage space is required.
Drying food is easy to do and doesn t require any special skills or equipment. Dried food is excellent for hiking and camping because of its light weight and compact size. Several days rations can easily be placed in a backpack or your pockets. Best of all, dried food is delicious and nutritious. Dried food is preserved by its moisture content, or rather the lack of it.