Iowa woman starts freeze-dried food business after losing job to pandemic Share Updated: 9:45 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021
Iowa woman starts freeze-dried food business after losing job to pandemic Share Updated: 9:45 AM CDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript Kathy Lockwood was laid off from her hotel management job in August. So she remodeled her basement and became her own boss. And I was thinking, Well, what is recession proof? Everybody needs food. While on unemployment, Lockwood started her business shelf to table. I was familiar with freeze dried food, so I was kind of thinking, Well, maybe that s something that I could do. She was confident in her business venture, even though there was risk. Then I thought, you know, with food. If if something doesn t work out, I can still eat the product. Business is focused on making freeze dried food, which she says can last up to 25 years. We even have powdered eggs. Those are great to take camping. I