Homegrown Freeze-Dried Leeks

Farm-direct garden-grown leeks, sliced, freeze-dried, and ready for soups, stews, and casseroles. Rehydrates quickly: simply toss them into what you're cooking and they'll be fully rehydrated within a few minutes. 

Simply prepared, shelf-stable food made from raw fruit and vegetables harvested in our gardens. Grown using organic, no-chemical methods in our biodiverse and regenerative homestead garden. 

Natural Freeze-Dried Preservation

We preserve our garden-grown produce with a home-scale freeze dryer (the same process used to make astronaut ice cream!). There are zero preservatives, chemicals, or sulfites. 

Freeze-dried produce has a crunchy texture that easily crumbles, but the flavor is bright and fresh, just like raw.  

To freeze-dry, we take our fresh garden product directly to our home-scale freeze-drying machine. The freeze-drying process requires a specialty machine to remove water from foods by rapidly freezing down to -40 degrees, then lowering the pressure with a vacuum, removing the ice via a process called sublimation. Because of the extremely low temperatures, the fruit retains more of its original qualities: its color, shape, nutrients, and aromatics are closer to fresh. 

Fun fact: Ancient Inca farmers in the Andes discovered the technique of freeze-drying well before modern science by using the extreme temperatures of the altiplano to preserve potatoes. They're called chuño! 

Sustainability Features

• Grown and preserved without chemicals
• Grown in our biodiverse and regenerative homestead garden
  

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The same attention to detail and quality you expect from Walnut Studiolo, now available in small batch handcrafted herbs, balms, fruit, baked goods, and gifts from our forest, gardens and kitchen. Learn more about our on-site, biodiverse and regenerative homestead.

Seasonal and limited, prepared by licensed food handlers (us!) in our home under the Oregon Cottage Foods and Farm Direct laws. Available within the USA only. 

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Disclosures

These products are homemade and prepared in our domestic kitchen, not in an inspected food establishment, in accordance with the Oregon Cottage Foods and the Oregon Farm Direct Marketing Laws by a certified food handler (permit #21gi84-k9k8a37). Beloved pet cats are present in our household. Common allergens marked in bold. Not for resale. Not all states and countries recognize Oregon's food marketing laws; we claim no responsibility for recipient local laws. 

PLASTIC-FREE

No. With regret, plastic was necessary for food preservation reasons, to keep our air and moisture out.  Learn more about ourPlastic-Free Analysis >>>