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 you could be utilizing a good portion of a most precious resource–water–when you shouldn’t be.

The takeaway from the video is this: store a variety of food options (e.g., freeze dried, dehydrated, home canned, store-bought canned, etc.), have backup water sources besides city water (e.g., rainwater, well water), and store more water than you think you’ll need because it’s used for so many purposes and crucial to your survival. And, of course, it never hurts to have a good water filter (see below the video for recommendations).