Food preservation is one of the most important skills you can have. It helps you save money and eat more healthy local food. You can also use it to stock up on food for emergencies, survival scenarios, or just hard times. If you’ve decided to preserve your own food, you might be having trouble deciding which methods to use. Before we get into specific … [Read more...]
How $5 a Week Can Get Your Family 379 Pounds of Food
If you're a prepper on a budget, you'll find this video by The Green Prepper very interesting. In it, he proves that a little money and patience can lead to a huge stockpile of food. You just have to be consistent. He created a document (which you can download here) that has a schedule of what to purchase every week. For example, the first week you'll … [Read more...]
25 Survival Foods That Should NOT Be Stored in the Original Package
For many people, stocking up on food is a huge part of their family’s preparedness plan--as it should be! While this may seem as simple as buying a little extra food each time you go to the store, it’s actually a bit more complicated. You can't just stick your food in the pantry and forget about it until a disaster strikes. If you do, then when the time … [Read more...]
Don’t Forget to Stockpile Condiments and Seasonings
Have you ever watched an episode of the reality TV show, ‘Survivor’? The premise of the show is simple: a group of Americans is left to survive on an isolated island with only a few resources. While these mid-life crisis contestants do have an emergency medic on site and a camera crew filming their every move, they actually do have to survive 39 days in … [Read more...]
10 Signs Your Canned Food Has Spoiled
How do you know if your canned food has gone bad? If only it were as simple as checking the expiration date! Sorry friends, but that expiration date is just a recommendation. In truth, canned food can spoil due to many factors other than time spent on the shelf. For example... Dropping your canned food can create a hole or leak that allows … [Read more...]
5 Tiny Items That Will Keep You Nourished in a Survival Scenario
This video is a little different from all the other "survival food" videos out there. In it, The Green Prepper talks about five tiny items that are often overlooked, yet pack a big punch in terms of taste, energy, and nutrition. Here's his list: 1. EmergenC - Mix this stuff with water to make a delicious citrus drink packed with vitamin C. 2. Honey … [Read more...]
7 Foods You Should NOT Try To Dehydrate
Any pro-prepper will tell you that dehydrating food for storage is one of the smartest survival tactics in their repertoire. Dehydrating food gives you the ability to store otherwise perishable rations for years on end. This will not only increase the volume of your food supply but can also add some nutritional variation to what you’ve stockpiled. Now, … [Read more...]
25 Survival Foods You Forgot to Buy
When it comes to survival foods, there are the staples such as rice and beans and pasta that can be found in almost every bunker. But there's a whole host of other great survival foods that are often overlooked. If you're a prepper, then chances are you already have most of the foods on this list, but I'm posting it on the off chance that you'll come … [Read more...]
20 Survival Foods That Can Last At Least 20 Years
When disaster strikes, no one ever knows when things will return to normal again. In some cases, there may be the possibility of things never truly returning to normal. With this being the case, it’s a good idea to stock up on foods that are meant for the long haul. Before we begin, it’s important to note that these foods will only last 20 or more years … [Read more...]
12 Signs Your Survival Food Has Gone Bad
Survival food can quickly go from the thing keeping you alive to the thing that does you in. No matter how desperate your situation is, you will want to avoid eating spoiled food at all costs. While good survival food is meant to have a long shelf life, there are many things that can destroy it. To ensure your stockpile is still safe to eat, be on the … [Read more...]
The Beginner’s Guide To Emergency Food Storage
Quick Navigation Having a large food stockpile is one of the main goals of every prepper. Unfortunately, many newbies think that all they have to do is run to the store and fill a cart with canned foods. This is a costly mistake. You need to take some time to figure out what foods to store and exactly how to store them. Most of my readers … [Read more...]
Storing Dairy Without a Fridge
What about the milk and eggs? If you have a food stockpile, then at some point you probably asked yourself this question. Most people purchase milk and eggs every week, and the only place you can keep them is in the refrigerator. So how are you supposed to stock up on these things when they go bad so quickly? And how are you supposed to store them if … [Read more...]
9 Things To Know Before You Start Canning Food
To most people, canning appears to be the scariest and most complicated food preservation method. It requires specialized equipment, recipes, knowledge, and can even be dangerous if you don't know what you're doing. But before you panic and abandon the idea of canning altogether, keep reading. The basics of canning and how to do it safely aren't as … [Read more...]
10 Reasons You Should Learn How to Pressure Can Food
With freeze-dried foods and survival seeds vying for your dollar--not to mention emergency gardens full of fresh foods--pressure canning just doesn’t feel necessary to many people in the preparedness world. If that sounds like you, your feelings are wrong. Having come to preparedness late in the game, I empathize with the overwhelming urge to learn … [Read more...]
15 Foods That Last Forever
Although there are many foods that will last for decades when stored properly (wheat, beans, pasta, etc.), there are some foods that last forever without canning, freezing or dehydrating. If you're new to food storage, these staples are a great way to start. They're the longest lasting foods in the world and are often referred to as "forever foods." … [Read more...]
7 Alternative Ways To Preserve Food
When preppers talk about preserving their own food, they're usually talking about canning and dehydrating. While these are excellent food storage methods, there are many other great options to consider. In fact, you could make your emergency food diet a lot more interesting by using some less common food preservation techniques. Here are 7 worth looking … [Read more...]
