Preparedness and SurvivalSelf-reliance and how to prepare for emergencies or disasters. Weather prepping, food prepping and storage, Keeping our families safe topics. Home security, wilderness survival, etc. Money saving stockpiling topics go in the stockpiling forum.
I'm still working my way through Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton and love this tip she gives for carefully planning to have enough of what your family uses.
Keep track of what you eat and make for a one-week period of time. Don't just track the main ingredients, but every ingredient. (She states that most families repeat meals every few days so tracking isn't as hard as it sounds.)
To determine a 3-month storage supply, multiply the ingredients by 12.
To determine a 6-month storage supply, multiply the ingredients by 26.
To determine a 1-year storage supply, multiply the ingredients by 52.
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~Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.~ Cree proverb
I'm in the process of keeping track of what we're using for meals, but I am going to do it for 4 separate weeks and then figure what I need for a 6 month and 1 year supply. I think my list will be more accurate that way instead of tracking for 1 week only.
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~Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.~ Cree proverb
Make sure you keep you stores of food rotated or they may be no use to you in an emergency......
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Lori......
"Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care.
Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack.
Then the Lorax and all his friends may come back."
Crazed Crafter
The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.
- John Muir
Wife to Tom.....
Mother to:
Christopher (32) Passed away 08/08/2004
Adam 35
Brian 27
Kelly 16
Jeff 11
Yes, Lori. I label everything with when it was purchased and store new items that I buy at the back. Everything gets moved forward as it is used. I've been doing that for years now.
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~Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.~ Cree proverb
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