Grandma knew what she was doing when she socked away row after row of Mason jars full of home-canned vegetable. Natural disasters, man-made emergencies and ordinary hard times can lead to food shortages and price gouging. Even a severe winter storm can leave you housebound and unable to get to the store. If you are building up your survival food stores, there are several types of food you should consider including the following.... (Read More.....)
There are rumors that the world will end in 2012, sometime in the month of December. According to the rumors, the Mayan calendar ends after 2012. The Mayans were the oldest group of people to live. It is believed that these people were extremely intelligent, as evidence in many of their inventions. If you believe that the world will end soon, you will need to build a very strong survival bunker. Some of these tips will require some heavy machinery, so construction equipment rental is recommended. (Read More.....)
If you were to take an inventory of all your preparedness supplies, would you feel quite confident that you are in fact “ready”? Your supplies might include a good, well thought out long-term, food storage program, complete with a variety of dehydrated and freeze-dried legumes, grains, vegetable, fruits, dairy and meats. If you’ve come this far, you are commended for taking two giant steps toward emergency preparedness. But have you also considered the process by which these foods are preserved? Did you know that both the dehydrating and freeze dried method destroys the essential enzymes your body needs to help utilize the nutrients in the food itself? These processes may prevent food spoilage thereby facilitating the luxury of long-term storage, but fails to provide the body with the essential enzymes necessary for good health. (Read More.....)
***The following is a guest post for Emergency Food by Barbara Fix*** This past year alone, food prices have increased by 36%. Not a good situation when our incomes have taken an incredible nosedive. Just consider unemployment rates alone (that are being reported erroneously, for they do not include those who have exhausted their benefits). Nor does it take into account many US workers who are underemployed, forced to take low-paying jobs, or are working part time. Many of us have taken huge losses in the stock market, while others have taken hits to their retirement funds. All terrible news… (Read More.....)
Southern Prepper offers a glimpse into their food storage plan. Their pantry is what EVERY Persons pantry should look like. He makes a very good point about 5 gallon buckets, being that if they are placed outside in the rain, they will be fine in an emergency compared to cardboard boxes. He mentions that the key to long term emergency food storage is to eat out of your long term storage of food to see how to best use the ingredient and what other items you might need to buy to make better and more tasty food. Are you impressed? We are!
We all love things looking organized and clean. This can be especially true when you are collecting large volumes of food and supplies. For women especially, I think we want things to look aesthetically pleasing while being functional at the same time. Over time, as you build your stock of emergency food supplies your food storage area will begin to look very much cluttered and messy. I know for myself I need things to be put away, (sight and unseen) in order to feel collected and sane in my day to day living. When we first started storing our food, it was worked into our cabinets in our kitchen. Eventually we moved the supplies into containers, so our emergency food and our regular food was separated. If you have a pantry where you can rotate the food that has an expiry, that is much different than food with a 20 year shelf life. Today we store our food in clean white banker boxes, that we stack one on top of another. Building your emergency supply happens over time, and as you build up your stock, you can still have an attractive home amongst the food storage. (Read More.....)
Oxygen absorbers are essential when packing away emergency food on your own. When I first started collecting food for our emergency storage, I took all the food out of their packages and stored them in plastic bags, and then into bigger containers. While this works with dry food such as pasta, it doesn't work with other foods. One time, I must have spent a good 100 dollars on containers of nuts, and transferred them into a 5 gallon metal container. Thinking they would be safe from bugs, I didn't factor in the oxygen. Oxygen absorbers are made of the active ingredient of which is a powdered iron oxide, and are completely safe for food. While they are not edible, they are not toxic, because no harmful gases are created and in addition the oxygen does not remove the fresh smell and taste of the product. When used with proper packaging and sealing, the oxygen in the packaging is greatly reduced. These oxygen absorbers bring the oxygen level down reliably to .01% or less, allowing your emergency food supplies to last longer. (Read More.....)
Disaster Prep On A Budget by Dennis Evers- Disaster Prep can be expensive, particularly if you spend a small fortune on dedicated “survival” items that may or may not be used. Preparing makes good common sense, and on so many levels. There are natural disasters by the dozens, man made emergencies like chemical spills, riots, terrorism, crime and on and on. Add economic problems like high unemployment and those associated with cities laying off law enforcement and other emergency services due to budget problems and you have the perfect storm looming on the horizon. (Read More.....)
Grandma knew what she was doing when she socked away row after row of Mason jars full of home-canned vegetable. Natural disasters, man-made emergencies and ordinary hard times can lead to food shortages and price gouging. Even a severe winter storm can leave you housebound and unable to get to the store. If you are building up your survival food stores, there are several types of food you should consider including the following.... (Read More.....)
