There are plenty of great emergency foods and supplies you can buy online, but if you want to stock up without spending more money than necessary, your best bet is to get a membership to Sam's Club (or Costco). It costs about $50 a year, but you'll save so much money buying things in bulk that it's more than worth it. Sam's Club doesn't have … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Dehydrate Food Without Electricity
Dehydrating foods is one of the oldest methods of preservation, and it was practiced by people around the world long before the advent of electricity. When water is removed from food, the bacteria that cause spoilage cannot grow and multiply, which means that dehydrated foods are shelf stable for extended periods. Any modern electric food … [Read more...]
20 Items to Kick Start Your Food Storage Plan
One of the most common reasons people never start storing food for an emergency is because they don't know where to begin. If you keep a lot of your food in the fridge or freezer, then it's not as simple as buying more of what you eat. You also need to switch to a diet mostly made up of foods that can be kept at room temperature. Still, what … [Read more...]
35 Emergency Foods You Should Stockpile
Modern life has led people away from their backyard gardens and well-stocked root cellars. These once farmhouse staples helped ensure that families could feed themselves no matter how long the road to town was, what the weather was like, or their economic situation. While access to grocery stores makes it seem like there’s no need to worry about … [Read more...]
7 Canning Mistakes That Can Make You Sick (Or Worse)
Common sense and creativity are things you need to have a lot of when homesteading. Most often there isn't a magic formula or set of rules for you to follow. You use your brain, hone your skills, and do what you can to keep moving forward. Learning to preserve your own food by canning is no different, except that it does come with its own set of … [Read more...]
A Deep Pantry / Food Storage on a Tight Budget
The deep pantry or food storage is vital to success as a prepper or survivalist. We have all heard the harrowing tales of empty shelves and ravenous desperate hordes. Keep yourself away from the calamity and the aid trucks by storing plenty of food. The buildup of a decent food storage takes planning and a budget. This article goes into … [Read more...]
9 Ways to Store Meat Without Refrigeration
In today’s world, it has become extremely important to prepare your family for disasters. Even something small like an ice storm could knock out power and close roadways for days at a time. To prepare for events like this, many people are beginning to realize the importance of having local food sources and keeping stored food on hand. … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Make Your Food Stockpile Last for Years
In crisis situations, you can typically survive without heat, electricity, and weapons; but you certainly cannot survive without proper sustenance. And the thing about crisis situations--they are always a surprise. Starting a stockpile will put you one step ahead of the game. Wipe away worry and preemptively smother panic by being prepared. … [Read more...]
11 Reasons to Dehydrate Food for Long-Term Storage
For thousands of years, one of humanity's greatest struggles has been preserving food. Everyone has to eat to live, so countless people have spent much of their lives in the production and processing of food. Through the years, people have tried a variety of methods including salting, smoking, fermenting, pickling, canning, drying, and freezing. … [Read more...]
8 Supplies You Need Before You Start Canning Food
What do you do when the local shops have been looted, when your crops have been destroyed by climate change, or when a mudslide has left you cut off from access to a supermarket? Easy. You turn to your fully stocked pantry of canned foods--the one you've been adding to throughout the year. When properly sealed and stored, canned fruit and salsa … [Read more...]
