Key Points:

The following are things to consider while learning about, planning, and using your long-term food storage:

  • Store what you eat, Eat what you store. This will ease the transition in case of an emergency
  • Start small. Work on a full 3 month supply, then move onto a 6 month, then eventually a year supply
  • Understand the basic recommended long-term foods and how to use them. Click here for a great article Jodi wrote that summarizes some basic food food storage items and what foods you can make out of them.
  • Use food storage recipe books and sites to learn ways to use your long-term food storage on a regular basis.
  • Talk to experts in the field by going to preparedness store classes or to local church seminars. Talk to your friends and family members about how they use their long-term food storage. Check out our video below to see the types of questions we ask.
  • Determine the quantities you will need by:

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Our Approaches:


When I get interested in something I tend to get a little bit obsessive over it. Food storage is no different for me. I scour the internet daily, talk to anyone I know who has food storage, and check books out from the library constantly to increase my knowledge and get ideas. There is SO much information out there I really have to keep myself limited to the BabySteps in my action items or I would get too overwhelmed. There will be time for delving into more advanced topics later.


In my opinion I feel that this step is where most people probably get stuck. They get so hung up on figuring out exactly how many pounds of everything to store, that they don’t store anything. So my approach on this step was to use a calculator – there are so many online, figure out a rough estimate and start storing some of everything. As I learn more recipes and decide which items I use more of I swop out some pounds of one item for some pound of other items. For example, I love using my wheat, but I don’t really use barley or cornmeal, so I’m not going to obsess over gathering too much of that yet. One step at a time!

Resources:

Track My Food Storage - Go here to get your custom long term storage report for your family
Everyday Food Storage - Use this site to get ideas for what types of foods you want to store and how you will use them in your everyday cooking
Marlene’s Magic w/ Food Storage Book - This book gives some more recipes and lots of help on general food storage principles
Simply Living Smart - VAST amounts of information and videos here to help you with your long term food storage research

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