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Iowa company partners internationally to stop food waste

An Ames-based company is peddling a mobile food dehydrator in an effort to stop food waste around the globe.
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Ames-based company is peddling a mobile food dehydrator in an effort to stop food waste around the globe.

Cedar Rapids television station KGAN reports that the KinoSol is a mobile food dehydration unit that is solar powered for farmers.

KinoSol co-founder Clayton Mooney says one-third of all food produced goes to waste and that the dehydrator is crucial in developing countries.

KinoSol now has partners in Brazil, Indonesia, El Salvador, Uganda, Nepal, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.

Co-founder Elise Kendall says she learned during a trip to Uganda that during harvest time, a lot of food goes to waste because of a lack of ways to store and preserve it.

Mooney says the unit can fully dehydrate fruit, vegetables, grains and insects.

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