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 Learning how to preserve food properly is easier than you may think. Long term food storage allows you to prepare for emergencies, but can also be ideal when used on homesteads where self sufficiency is a goal. If you aren't a homesteader, there are some alternatives to consider for storing food in the case of an emergency. Finding the method that fits your needs will allow you the security net you want while also fitting your personal needs perfectly.
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Canning
According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, found online at http://nchfp.uga.edu, canning is a safe way to preserve foods when safety measures are followed. Canning is a process that includes cooking food and storing it in airtight glass jars for later use. Home canned food is an (Read More....)
 Food rations are an important part of a good emergency survival kit. Ideally, emergency foods should be nutritious, long-lasting and flavorful enough to be edible. Here are a few types of foods to include in your home emergency kit.
Datrex 3600 Calorie Emergency Food Bar for Survival Kits. Each package contains 18 individually wrapped bars containing 200 calories each. $18
1. Canned foods
Some canned foods can last for months or even years. While canned vegetables and f (Read More....)
 Many people would like to have their own herb garden, but they really don’t feel like they have the time to plant or maintain one. However, compared to the benefits growing your own herbs can bring, the initial effort involved in planting herbs and the small things you will need to do to regularly maintain your herb garden are very minimal. Here are some of the advantages of growing your own herbs that may convince you to take that first step to adding fresh herbs to your home and life.
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1. Herb Gardens Are Some Of The Easiest Gardens To Plant And Maintain
Most herbs literally grow like weeds. I planted Thai Basil from seeds I harvested from a plant on the side of the road, and even now, 5 years later, I see little Thai basil plants (Read More....)
 Years ago, I heard a minister telling his flock that the practice of taking vitamin supplements amounts to a waste of money, and that the only noticeable change resulting from taking supplements is a change in the color of urine. His claim was that, when one swallows a supplement tablet or capsule, everything in the tablet gets on a non-stop fast track to urine. That minister's opinion reminds me of the opinion which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) pushes. If a label on a supplement container tells of any health benefit of that supplement, your government forces distributors of so-labeled nutritional supplements to (Read More....)
 In today’s society, being prepared for the worst is no longer a sign of paranoia, terror, obsession, and superstition. As natural disasters, terrible storms, wars, riots, uprisings, and economic crises become more and more frequent, having a backup emergency plan just in case is the smart, not psychotic, thing to do. Emergency clothing, shelter, and most importantly, food and water, is an essential for every household as the world we live in becomes more and more unstable. During most emergencies, households can typically expect to be without refrigeration, electricity, and gas for at least a short period of time. Most government and federal aid takes at least three days to make an appearance when emergencies strike, so it is not in the best interest to rely on outside sources for help with food and shelter. This being said, a three day (Read More....)
 Essential to any complete disaster survival plan is a store of non-perishable food large enough to sustain you and your family for an indeterminate period of time. Canned foods, dehydrated foods, vacuum-sealed seed packets, and MREs often are the primary, if not the only, items preppers rely on to get them though disasters because they can be kept without spoiling for as close to forever as food can get. As practical as these kinds of foods are, however, they are fundamentally unnatural, and without the nutritional value that fresher foods provide. It may seem that there is no alternative to these disaster foods, but recent developments in urban farming, specifically in the Netherlands, may provide a solution for survivalists.
Water & Light
Even the most inexperienced gardeners know that plants of all varieties require two basic resources to grow (Read More....)
 Some of you already know, but for some this information will be brand-new in a threatening way. The bottom line in any disaster (big or small) could force you to go weeks without food. Something else to consider: Scientists have been predicting for years that a warmer planet coupled with increasing water demands could cause food shortages. A 2007 study building on previous research warned that climate changes could cause food shortages which could also lead to wars. Without essentials we may not survive. And there's going to be no way to get them when a crisis hits (or if the news even smells like a crisis for that matter).
Here are some interesting facts:
90% of people will steal, pillage a (Read More....)
 Higher prices at the grocery store have many families wondering how they will get by should prices continue to climb as we have been warned they will. Luckily, grocers recognize this and are offering competitive weekly sales and brand names are joining this crusade with more advantageous coupon offerings. Even with these savings, there is one sneak attack that is rarely talked about. It isn’t just your imagination that package sizes are getting smaller, or when packing remains the same, many times the weight contained within them have been greatly reduced, sometimes as much as 25%.
Fight Back!
If we are to cope with skimpier packaging and price increases, it’s better if we have within our arsenal every price-reducing trick available. Here is one of my recent favorites: a home made a recipe to make (Read More....)
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