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Five Areas to Consider When Planning Your Food Storage

It is the beginning of a new year, and you may have decided that this year you will begin to build up your food storage. This can be a daunting task, not to mention expensive. Before you rush out to buy a year’s supply of dehydrated food you should consider some important factors. There is a lot to be said for the food storage that is based on the pantry principle. It is also important to consider other factors when storing your food. Here are five areas to look at when starting to plan your food storage. 1) The most … Continue reading →

The benefits of being prepared.

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So what is this all about? What does it mean to be prepared? Life throws the unexpected at us every day. From the weather to traffic to the child who wakes up sick in the middle of the night, we might have to deal with any number of changes to our plans. When I was a kid, my dad decided to start his own business. He threw his heart and soul into it, but without success. It went under, and so did our finances for awhile. What kept us going was the fact that my mother had put together a … Continue reading →

How Much To Store: Determining your family’s unique food storage requirements

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The first time I tried to put together a year’s supply of food, I used a chart I found on the internet. It listed various food groups and how much of each the average adult could be expected to use over the course of a year. 27 pounds of cornmeal. 2 pounds of pearled barley. 11 pounds of flour.5 quarts of cooking oil. 1/2 pound of yeast. So, I dutifully went out and bought 27 pounds of cornmeal. (I figured I’d buy the rest as I went along.) Three years later I threw out 26 pounds of cornmeal. The fact … Continue reading →