Freeze drying at home

[Sniper-T]

pick your battles!

dried vs. freeze dried...
time and place...

[realist]

My goal, at my age, is to have 20 yrs. of food put away. Is this a realistic goal...probably not, but it is a place to start. If things fall apart tomorrow, I'm not worried about a roof over my head, taken care of. I'm not worried about water, taken care of. I'm not worried about heat, taken care of. Safety, security, what I can plan for, mostly taken care of. I'm not worried about health, out of my hands for the most part, but my part, taken care of. Food....um....I'm hungry!
I have nothing but time, I find the power usage to be minor in the big picture, I've got to buy the food anyway. Building my own is something I've researched, but if not done perfectly, and if the food is not completely freeze dried, you have thrown away all your food for quite some time. Most I've looked into use gigantic amounts of dry ice if you are going to use it long term. Others say they are freeze dry machines, but are more of a glorified dehydrator. To do it properly, the food must get to at least -30 deg farenheight, and then slowly warmed up under a powerful vacuum so the ice will sublimate. Most home built can't do this long term. So I'm guessing it will be a store bought item, just gotta talk Mrs. Dome to my side.

20 years of food. At that rate I probably won't last that long, that is if my wife has her way about it..........