FOOD STORAGE
FOOD STORAGE
Are you prepared with enough food to care for your family during a disaster, unemployment, or other emergency? A reserve of food is recommended for your health, happiness and well-being in times of stress.
- It is recommended that you have a 72 hour kit for short term emergency situations.
- Next work to acquire a 2 - 3 week supply of non-perishable foods.
- Start building up a 3 month supply of foods that your family normally eats.
- Finally, acquire long term food storage items and properly store them.
Remember: Store what you eat and eat what you store. Set up a rotation system.
Store food properly.
Following are resources to help you build your food storage and know how to properly store them:
Food Storage
Food Storage: Getting Started
Food and
Water in an
Emergency
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf
Home Food Preservation - Reliable sources for home canning and preserving.
National Center for Home Food Preservation (USDA)
Ball Canning Guide - "Home Canning 101"
72 HOUR KITS
Assembling A 72 Hour Kit
Build A Kit
2-3 WEEK SUPPLY
Have a supply of shelf-stable foods that require little or no preparation. For example: cereals, crackers, food bars, canned soups and stews, canned meats, canned vegetables, peanut butter, etc. Have foods your family likes and will eat.
3 MONTH SUPPLY
Have a minimum of 3 months food on hand - what you would normally eat. Foods that you are already accustom to eating - things you like. Canned foods will last indefinitely,
LONG TERM SUPPLY - 1 YEAR
BYU - AN APPROACH TO LONGER-TERM FOOD STORAGE
Here are some videos to check out. These can lead you to even more helpful videos.
HOW DO I STORE FOOD PROPERLY?
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