Home Food Storage

Preparing a safe and complete home food storage supply has become an increasing trend among many Americans. With ever more concern over political and economic threats to households across the country, being prepared has never been more important.

To help fulfill this need we built this business to provide pertinent products, information and tips on home food storage. It offers guidance on specific food storage issues, such as the dietary requirements and safety concerns for baby food, tips on cooking and preparing meals and cans, along with advice on how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes.

These safety and preparedness precautions are forms of insurance most families should consciously invest in. It relieves the stress related to economic crises or natural disasters, and provides for a healthy rotation of monthly provisions. Understanding a family’s home food storage needs is the first step to greater independence and protection from unknown or unforeseen forces.

The threat to a family’s rations supply becomes incredibly clear when one takes into account the current trends in the American food market. Many are unaware that the National Food Distribution Network only has enough resources to provide a three week supply of food to most regions of the country.

What’s more, commercial grocers generally only carry one week’s supply of regularly rotated items on their shelves. And lastly, most households not investing in home food storage generally only have enough supplies to sustain their residents for less than a week.

Emergency preparation should be an essential component to any household. Current home food storage programs suggest a three-month supply of food, well balanced and preserved, for every resident of a home. Water should generally be stored in large gallon drums and rotated regularly. Two 55 gallon drums of water per person will provide an adequate resource for both hydration and cooking purposes.

This site offers information on how to plan your emergency program, depending on the area in which you reside, the number of individuals covered, and their age ranges. Once you have established a reasonable food storage plan, the links to the left offer guidance on the implementation of any program.

Learning about the safety precautions one must take in preparing and storing food is vital to a plan’s success. If someone is looking to cook and can at home, many additional supplies are needed, and purchasing quality items ensures the safety of the food. Links to common mistakes made during DYI preparation and storage will enable both the first time storer, and those recommitting to a program, make the most of the time and energy they put forth in storage techniques.

Make sure to check back often for additional tips and products. We provides top quality freeze dried and dehydrated fruits and vegetables and recently we added a new line of delicious freeze dried meals.We also provide sound advice and current knowledge of the food storage industry.