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SIDE HUSTLE 💰 | Why Freeze-Drying is a Great Side Business to Start TODAY | Freeze Dried Business
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May 15, 2025
Should you start a freeze-drying business? In this video, I give you seven reasons why a freeze-drying business provides a great opportunity to grow a side business while working full-time or simply starting a new business for additional income. Plus, at the end of the video, I share several tips for starting out. If you need ideas for what to start freeze-drying for your business, watch this video for 20 items I would recommend freeze-drying first: https://youtu.be/neZYov6iQ2M Watch this video for the 10 steps I would take if I were starting a freeze-dried business from scratch: https://youtu.be/Shx_WHTVF3g Here are several freeze-dryers I use in my business and I would recommend considering them for your existing freeze-dried business or just starting out. - Harvest Right Freeze Dryers - https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1974.html - StayFresh Freeze Dry - https://stayfreshfreezedry.com/?sca_ref=3292008.4uBi4MIG3W&sca_source=YouTube A new freeze-dryer manufacturer called Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers could be another alternative to purchase for your business, I do not own one of these freeze dryer currently so I don't have any direct experience with the machine: https://bluealpinefreezedryers.com/thefreezedriedbusiness Here are other tools I use for my freeze-dried business: - Fry Slicer for Apples - https://amzn.to/3BZ9QeY - Cookie/Ice Cream Scoop (1/2 or 1 tablespoon size) - https://amzn.to/3utyX4H - 5 Gallon Storage Pails with Gamma Screw Lid - https://amzn.to/3ICnXdT - Hefty 2.5 Gallon Jumbo Bags - https://amzn.to/3GpQ90P - Cutco Scissors - https://amzn.to/3vORJ7A - Knife Sharpener - https://amzn.to/3Vrttml
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here are seven reasons why I think you
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should start a freeze-drying business
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and if you already started one maybe
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this will reinforce the fact that you
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need to continue going and stick around
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to the very end of this video because
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I'm going to share with you some extra
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tips and advice to get you started
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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hey welcome back to the freeze-dried
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business Channel my name is David I'm an
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owner of freeze drying business in Idaho
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I've been running my business for about
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three years I've learned a lot of
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different things made some mistakes also
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had some success along the way and right
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now I currently run a very sustainable
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part-time freeze drying business now in
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today's video I'm going to share with
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you seven reasons why I think you should
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start a freeze drying business because
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of what I've found through the past
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three years of running this business now
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the first reason you should start a
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freeze-drying business is if you're
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looking for flexibility with your
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full-time job where you can start
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navigating through a startup business
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this is the type of industry and the
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type of business for you to look at also
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you can easily run this as a part-time
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business or something that's just a side
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hustle whatever works for you I found
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that it's a very flexible business now
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reason number two to start a freeze
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drying business is convenience as a
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cottage food operator I ran this
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business out of my home for the first
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two years it was really convenient to go
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out to my garage put a new candy wipe
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the trays get new Candy started get new
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types of strawberries and blueberries
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and all types of different things start
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in the freeze dryer and I could
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completely do it out of my garage also I
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could do it out of my home if you have
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some type of climate controlled room so
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it's really convenient to be able to
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just run this even if you have a
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part-time job or you have something
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that's tying you down you can run it
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whenever you have the time which is
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really really nice and flexible and you
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don't have to expend the type of time
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and energy and money to go get at least
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space to start this type of business and
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the third reason is it's very low
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barrier to entry you really don't need
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to know a ton of stuff about freeze
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drying the freeze dryers nowadays and as
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it's even getting better with more and
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more freeze dry manufacturers it's
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really just a monkey on a string you can
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just press the button it freeze dries it
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for you it does all the drying and the
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freezing all for you in fact there's a
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lot of different recipes and things that
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Harvest Right to stay fresh fresh to
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Blue Alpine to also the cube from prep
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for life all these different freeze
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dryer manufacturers that I just
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mentioned provide different recipes for
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you to know exactly how to do that you
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can even go on to some of my videos and
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check out how to do certain candies and
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fruits so it's really very easy to start
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this type of business and you don't need
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to hold have a whole lot of expertise on
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freeze drying to do it now reason number
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four has been a really fun part it's the
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creativity you can have a lot of
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different diversification of different
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products that you can start selling
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right out of the gate if you want to
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take a look at one of my videos that I
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did very early on it was the top selling
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products that I thought people should
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start freeze drying as a freeze drying
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business that's everything from candy
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that works really well that's cheap
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inexpensive but also quick run times as
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well as some strawberries and
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blueberries and different types of
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fruits that I found to be most
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successful and also if it's possible to
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do ice cream under Cottage food law in
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your state it would be awesome to be
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able to provide that as an additional
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type of product it was available when I
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first started but now Idaho has changed
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the cottage food law to where you can't
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do any dairy products so you have to run
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out of a commercial kitchen which is
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what I do today but just know that the
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variety of different products that you
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can freeze dry really opens the door for
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you to be creative I've even seen people
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running freestring businesses through
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freeze-drying pet food freeze drying
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breast milk all that type of stuff it's
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very creative get out there do some
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research you'll be surprised at the type
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of products you can offer your customers
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now number five is multiple ways for you
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to make money through this and that's
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valuable because you're not just
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restricted through certain Avenues you
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can go through one I have is markets
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shows boutiques you can go through those
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different channels because it's direct
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to Consumers especially in the cottage
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food side of things and in cottage food
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some states still allow you to run
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through a website so you can have online
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orders drive a bunch of traffic through
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social media Facebook Instagram Tick
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Tock you can have those stores and those
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shots that they have on their platforms
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you can sell directly all of your
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different products and make a side
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little income through that also if you
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have a commercial kitchen like I do you
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can open yourself up to wholesale orders
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and wholesale just means you're gonna
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offer a discount for upfront pricing
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where they control the type of sale to
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the customer and that makes it kind of
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nice because one you get usually all the
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order up front as well as the payment
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but you also get the exposure from those
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stores that are selling your product on
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their stands so it makes it really nice
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to kind of grow your brand as well and
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another unique way to make money on the
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freeze drying business is going through
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events and Catering think about weddings
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think about elementary schools think
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about different parties and
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anniversaries all that type of thing you
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can provide a unique stack unique treat
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all those different places and it's also
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direct to Consumers so it's kind of food
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that can really open up the door so a
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lot of different ways for you to make
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money starting out these are just a few
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hey reason number six to start a freeze
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drying business is it's a lot of fun a
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couple things I've got listed here is
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I've met a lot of great people along the
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way I've met people that are in the
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freeze drying business right now I've
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started this YouTube channel which has
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really opened the door for me but even
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as I was starting out in college food I
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met people who were looking for Unique
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local products from shop owners to
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people who are Distributors of produce
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stands I've also learned a lot of unique
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things about the freeze drying business
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there's so many different things that
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you can learn about food preservation
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also you get to learn how to run a
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business you also get to learn the
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process of running a food business very
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cheaply and inexpensively and it's a
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really fun product right now think about
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all the fun things that you're seeing
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out there right now if you just are
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starting out or if you're not yet
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started man freeze dry Milk Duds freeze
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drying lemon heads whoever thought that
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using a freeze dryer to change the form
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and texture of candy would be such a
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huge hit I think this is a really fun
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business there's just so many different
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ways for you to learn about the freeze
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drying process to learning about the
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business so the number six reason is
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it's just a lot of fun and if you're a
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fun person I'd suggest you get into it
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and the last reason to start a freeze
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drying business is there is a lot of
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good that you're doing by having a
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freeze drying business here are some of
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the benefits that I wrote down one is
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you're reducing food waste think about
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some of the produce from vegetables to
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fruit that type of thing that you're
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buying from these grocery stores or
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you're buying from the local produce
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stand that it's going to go to waste it
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might go to the food pantry it might go
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to the food bank things like that but
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you are preserving food that might have
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gone to waste and I think that that's a
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really intrinsically valuable for all of
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us to understand and know that we're
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doing even if you have one freeze dryer
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to 12 freeze dryers now the other part
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of that is you're growing the local
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economy you're starting a business
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you're putting things out there in the
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marketplace for people to enjoy your
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transaction you're creating state tax
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revenue you're creating more Commerce
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for local people to enjoy being in the
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city the state the county that you're in
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also this gives you a sense of purpose
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this business is awesome I love doing
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this type of business it's super
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sustainable for me I've grown it to be a
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five six freeze dryer type of business
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to now I just just run a couple of
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freeze dryers because that's all I
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really want to be able to handle right
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now and so you can have and Define
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purpose in your life as well as purpose
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in your entrepreneurial spirit and your
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purpose in your job can be fulfilled
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through having a freeze-drying business
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so what would I suggest for some tips
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for you to start a freeze drying
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business off the gate I'm going to give
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you a couple one is for freeze dryers
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what type of freeze dryer should you buy
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well I've had Harvest rate for the past
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three years I've had a large Harvest
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ride I've got stainless steel I've got
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the black one I haven't yet been able to
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purchase the extra large but I am
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looking at buying that I would suggest
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if you're going to start a freeze drying
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business suggest going with the Harvest
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Freight large you don't need the extra
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large yet and the reason I say that is
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because it does pump out a lot of
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product but you're just growing your
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business so you don't need to do that
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yet and I just don't see why you need
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something that runs that much product to
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be running for starting on a freeze
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right business and you're not going to
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go wrong using a large freeze dryer and
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then having the XL or training in or
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selling it something like that later on
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now also I do have a stay fresh freeze
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dryer just bought that now even though I
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have the stay fresh freeze dryer I
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haven't put out too many videos other
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than the unboxing video just because
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it's been extremely hot in Boise Idaho
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it's been in the hundreds all throughout
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July and even the first of August so
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I've been kind of waiting to do full
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loads with video and things like that
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until it gets a little bit cooler but to
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stay fresh I found so far the technology
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has been great I haven't had any error
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messages I really like the sound of the
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pump it's not as loud as the standard
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pump that I'm used to with the Harvest
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Right now the Harvest Right does have a
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premium pump now which is a lot more
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quieter so it's about comparable to that
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which I really liked but I really like
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on stay fresh they have this temperature
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probe and you can put it in different
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food that is not yet Frozen and it'll
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actually detect moisture activity in
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that food on one of the trays which
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makes it actually really nice to be able
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to know whether your food is dried and
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it's all gone through that process so
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what I would suggest starting out again
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I'd suggest the Harvest Right large
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freeze dryer I'd also suggest even to
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stay fresh just because it's kind of in
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between a medium Harvest Right and a
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large Harvest Right freeze dryer it also
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has a little bit more durable products I
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really like the stainless steel side of
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things and it's about the same size and
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I think it can do it just as much type
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of power and production and there's a
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little bit more consistency without
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having errors with the pump and the
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vacuum things like that with the stay
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fresh so far so if you're looking to buy
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one of those freeze dryers you can use
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the referral link below for Harvest
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Right or stay fresh now my second piece
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of advice if you're dedicated to
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investing in that freeze dryer now you
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need to move on to actually putting
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together a business plan now the
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business plan doesn't have to be super
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lengthy with 20 or 30 pages just put
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down some notes you know who are you
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going to Target how how are you going to
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start selling are you going to use some
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of the methods that I mentioned in this
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video do you have other ways to reach
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customers try to pinpoint those ways
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that you can quickly start selling so
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that when you get the freeze dry and you
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start learning how to freeze dry the
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Skittles the candy the ice cream the
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fruit all of that you can immediately
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start selling it and start getting a
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return on your investment the third
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thing that I would suggest is creating
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some social media Pages or a website I
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think you should have them both to be
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honest but you do need to start creating
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that as you're waiting for that freeze
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dryer to arrive so have your name have
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the LLC registered as well as getting a
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logo your content as well as all those
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Facebook and social media pages that you
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can build so that you can start
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immediately marketing
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now if you're interested in any more
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videos about freeze drying I've got a
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plethora of content videos on my YouTube
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channel check them out as well as hit
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strike business thanks a lot we'll see
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you again next time on the freeze dry
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