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.

Help with building your food storage and know how to properly store items:

Food Storage (churchofjesuschrist.org)

Food Storage: Getting Started (churchofjesuschrist.org)

Food and Water in an Emergency (fema.gov)

Home Food Preservation - Reliable sources for home canning and preserving

National Center for Home Food Preservation (USDA) (uga.edu)

Ball Canning Guide - "Home Canning 101" (ballmasonjars.com)

72 HOUR KITS

Assembling A 72 Hour Kit (byu.edu)

Build A Kit (ready.gov)

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,