food preservation--onsite solar drying, storage

greetings warm n fuzzy, to excessively exuberant, from recent visitor. my dude ranch fantasy for urbanites and neophytes
includes many big ideas. Maybe a food preservation work party would be an easy-ish, useful way for interested community members and guests to interact. near-term/far-term? temporary solar (passive) drying shed? canning (actually, jar-ing)?
many other ideas practical thru wacky--would love to chat a few and then REALLY DO...I'm in berkeley, semi-gracefully hustling rides outta town from those with cars more dependable than mine. Would love to have more garden/art/light-duty "process" buddies especially people heading for increased community-ness. Flex schedule, often more avail wkdays than weekends. Carolyn 510-843-8404 anytime. (am sporadic/addictive w/ e-mail) Cheers.