This food storage calculator will help you to determine how much food you need to store for a given number of people. Generally people store a smaller amount of food for children under the age of 7. I personally do not see the point as the long term goal so …
Read More »What types of long term food should you store – Just follow the food pyramid
What types of Long Term Food Should You Store? One goal is creating a “food under disaster” plan is deciding what it is we want to store. This can be tough to figure out even with input from family members. So we created a generic food cache inventory list for our …
Read More »Long Term Food storage (Printable Forms)
Food Cache Inventory List We have decided to create a food inventory list for or users to print out to aid them in cataloging a years worth of food. The sheets all use a goal of a 1 year supply. The inventory pack of printable forms can be downloaded and …
Read More »Food storage: How much is enough?
Storing Food: How much is enough? So how big of a food cache do you need? That falls back to one of the original questions asked to all interested in long term food storage. What exactly are you preparing for? This answer directly relates to the quantity of food and …
Read More »Many tips for predator-proofing and protecting your chickens
I am sure it has to be a crummy feeling to wake up only to find a crime scene in your back yard. That being some wild animal has gained access to your chickens and ripped a few apart during the night for a midnight snack. It causes unwanted stress …
Read More »Best Place to Buy Long Term Food Rations – LDS
Are our readers practicing long term food storage preparation? I am sure most of our readers do in some way or another. Food is usually the first thing to come to mind when attempting to prepare for a disaster scenario. A great example of this is when someone races to …
Read More »LDS Preparedness Manual – Free
Christopher Parrett the editor of the LDS Preparedness Manual has announced the 2012 edition, which is the most current release. While released a few years ago I recently now stumbled upon this so I suppose others may find it of use as well. If you click over to the LDS Another …
Read More »Build a great can food storage rack for cheap
If you ask around about food storage you will find the same answer more often than not about eating what you store and rotating your food. Rule number one: store what you eat and eat what you store. Rule number two: rotate your stock from oldest to newest as to …
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