Some time last year, people on TikTok began buying industrial freeze drying machines. But while the machines’ typical uses are in the pharmaceutical industry or for food preservation for the military ...

Molly Jacobus of Molly's Flowers and Things in Danville has used her freeze-drying machine to preserve many of the Kentucky Derby rose garlands draped on the race's winners since 1996, when Grindstone ...

Amy Lu turned a TikTok trend into a sweet business. Lu, the owner of Crunch On! Snacks, was working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic when she noticed numerous reels, or short videos, of people ...

Summer has settled upon the northern hemisphere, which means that it’s time for sweet, sweet strawberries to be cheap and plentiful. But would you believe they taste even better in freeze-dried format ...

If you can dream it, they can freeze-dry it. A new Tri-Cities business is putting a fun new twist on candy. JoJo’s Freeze Dried Goodies is wowing customers across the Tri-Cities with unique new ...

Mandy Wolz wasn’t sure what the future had in store for her at the onset of the pandemic. COVID-19 had brought an abrupt halt to her job as a corporate event planner and consultant, and the mother of ...

Turning hard candy into a cotton candy-like form, turning chewy caramel candy into soft and fluffy candy, and turning green beans into chip-like objects, Andrew Eaves, new co-owner of Astro-Snacks LLC ...

Before there was lightweight backpacking food, there were Girl Scouts climbing mountains with canned goods. Troop leader Anne Benedict watched their struggle, and in 1951 began selling dehydrated just ...