Category: Long-Term Food Storage
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Food Storage Fatal Flaw?
What’s the fatal flaw in your food storage? Water. She explains why in the video below, but the short answer is that many freeze dried foods take far more water to rehydrate than most folks realize, and if you’re only storing a gallon per person per day (as the “experts” recommend) for emergency preparedness then…
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What Does It Really Take to Produce All Your Own Food?
Whether you’re a homesteader or are interested in off-grid living and survival preparation, one of the key factors in your life is producing your own food. Providing food like fruits, vegetables and meat for your household year-round takes a lot of work and planning, but it’s worth it to get high-quality food and to limit…
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Food Buckets and Canning Scams?
I think the lesson here is to be careful where you buy from. Just because it sounds like a deal that’s too good to be true then, well, it probably is!
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6 Egg Preservation Techniques
Many years ago, I tested how well mineral oil did with preserving unrefrigerated eggs and, to my surprise, it worked surprisingly well. In fact, even untreated, unrefrigerated eggs lasted for weeks before going bad. (But I tested them each week in a glass of water to be sure.) In the following video, he discusses how…
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10 Ways to Live Without Refrigeration
He’s makes a point that most of us in the modern world feel like we can’t live without a refrigerator, but it wasn’t so long ago when that’s the way the world did things. And, while I don’t necessarily agree that all of his ten suggestions are the easiest to accomplish, they’ll certainly give you…
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Must-Have Survival Food and Storage Systems in the Winter
While it may be summer in the southern hemisphere, in the northern latitudes, winter is adding a frosty filter to everything in sight. Temperatures are dropping, snow is falling and the landscape is getting icy. For homesteaders and those living off the grid, it’s also a very lean season. Fields lay fallow during the cold…
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Tired of Leftovers Yet? Just Wait Until SHTF
You know what question I get that drives me nuts, probably more than any other? It goes something like, “What’s the ONE food I can stockpile for an emergency that doesn’t go bad for years?” Or, perhaps, “What are the ten foods I can have on hand for SHTF that last forever?” Or something like…
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How to Organize Your Emergency Food Storage
Food is usually one of the first things people think about during an emergency. When a disaster starts to unfold, you’ll often find long lines at the grocery store as people make a frantic effort to stockpile food on short notice. Building a long-term food supply in advance is an easy way to avoid this…
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More Food Shortages Coming?
Just my humble opinion, but I thought the grocery stores and food manufacturers did a great job this year keeping the store shelves stocked with most of our necessities, all things considered. Granted, there were occasionally times when some items were missing from my local grocery stores–fresh eggs, milk, and the like come to mind–but…