Posted on February 15th, 2010 by Jodi and Julie
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED – RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SOON!
Our Grandma Lori Food Storage Makeover project has led to quite a few questions from readers on the different types of “ready-made” Disaster Kits that are available. We initially outlined three disaster kit options and chose our recommendations based off of Grandma Lori’s preferences. [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jodi and Julie
Today is the DAY! We got Grandma Lori’s disaster kits all purchased and compiled and she is very excited with the results. We started out this phase of our Food Storage Makeover by discussing the three different options available for disaster kits. After some discussion, we found a solution that worked well [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Jodi and Julie
One of the first things we teach you when you are getting started with your food storage is to get an Emergency Preparedness Plan in place. This includes having a Disaster Kit containing 72 Hour Food Kits for every member of your family.
In our Getting Started section we have given a great example of [...]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by Jodi and Julie
This is a friendly reminder from Food Storage Made Easy to take care of some of your “maintenance items” this weekend. If you are a member of the LDS Church we like to recommend that you take care of these things on conference weekend since it is a consistent event every six months. [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Jodi and Julie
Due to popular demand (and thanks to Amy on our Fun With Food Storage Forum) we have put together a comprehensive list of things you may want to consider including in your disaster kit if you have babies or toddlers at home. Remember these are only guidelines, and you should customize everything to suit [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
Hopefully you have already watched the “How to Make a 72 Hour Kit” video on our Getting Started page. While I was creating that video my children ended up waking up from their naps and started causing me some trouble. I looked through the outtakes as I was trying to piece together the [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
Problem
While preparing the blog post “How to Make a 72 Hour Kit” I pulled out my own kits to take some pictures. I realized the date on them was July 2006 so I decided I better rotate the food out since the recommendation is typically to rotate it every 6 months to a [...]
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Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
72 Hour Kit Instructions
Step 1 – Make sure you have saved 1 milk jug and 3 2-liter bottles per person. Wash them all out with soap and let dry.
Step 2 – Multiply the number of kits you want by the items listed in the shopping list and purchase the food items from Walmart or your [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2008 by Jodi -- Food Storage Made Easy
We added some great information about how to get started! Check out the Getting Started main topic to learn more about how to begin your food storage endeavors. Key features include setting up your emergency plan and putting together 72 hour kits for your family.
Tags: 72 Hour Kits, beginners, emergency plan, food storage
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