Home canning and preserving are essential to self-sufficiency and is also a great skill to have PRIOR to any economic collapse. I recently stumbled across an awesome e-book which outlines how to can and preserve foods using a variety of methods. This e-book details how to do the water bath method, pressure canning method, as [...]
I recently received my package of survival seeds from Hometown Seeds. I was thoroughly impressed with their quick shipping and use of sealed Mylar bags for long-term storage. Have you wondered what all the talk is about over non-hybrid survival seeds? During times of severe economic depressions, certain things become extremely valuable: guns, ammunition, food, [...]
The National Inflation Association issued a warning this month to all Americans that empty store shelves will likely be coming to America as a result of government price controls during the upcoming hyper-inflationary crisis. NIA released a video preview of what hyperinflation will look like in the U.S. This extremely important must see video is [...]
Believe it or not, but Wal-Mart now carries products for long-term food storage and emergency preparedness. …at least at the Wal-Mart where I have recently been. You can get 55 gallon water storage barrels, as well as the dry pack foods. Some items are even less expensive than the LDS cannery. There are also many [...]
The average person needs to drink approximately a gallon of water each day. This is water for drinking purposes only. Many people also store a gallon of water to help fulfill their daily hygiene needs. It is important to remember that you will also need sufficient amounts of water to cook or prepare your food. [...]
1. Store what your family will eat and learn to eat what will store well. Be sure to consider special diet needs. 2. Store foods from all six of the recommended food storage groups to ensure a balanced diet. 3. Check for expiration dates to determine the freshness and quality of the food items you [...]
When people think of long-term food storage, the first thing to come to mind is usually wheat, rice, beans, rolled oats, etc. However here are some other items that you might want to consider when putting together your one-year food storage: 1. Additional types of grains: Barley Millet Buckwheat Grits 2. Fruits and Vegetables (to [...]
Food for a 72-Hour Kit is vitally important. You need at least 1 gallon of water per person per day in portable containers. A simple way of doing this is the purchase of a 24-pack of 16 ounce water bottles. This is equivalent to 3 gallons of water. Have one of these 24-packs for each [...]
Here are some tips to make food storage affordable, especially in hard economic times: 1. Make home food storage a regular budget item. 2. Use your income tax return. 3. Use bonuses or money received as gifts. 4. Have a home storage Christmas. 5. Grow a garden and can or store the extra produce. 6. [...]
Here are four factors that are needed to maintain long-term storage of food: COOL – Store food inside. Temperature affects shelf life the most. Canned goods store 2 to 3 times longer at 70oF than they do at 90oF. Most dry goods store indefinitely below 70oF but for less time at higher temperatures. Temperature affects [...]
