3-day Emergency Food Storage

http://www.theemergencylady.com/food_storage/ : Be prepared for an emergency by having food, medications and nutrients, and water stocked for yourself and your pets. You never know when you can't get to the store for food.

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Education

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• larder
• food
• storage
• supply
• rations
• emergency

[greenhotels]

@rosrychaplet We actually have 3-6 months of food on hand. How about you?

[rosrychaplet]

Have you increased your food supply from 3 to 7 days yet?

[greenhotels]

@HealthyFoodStorage, you are absolutely correct about needing more food in many situations. This video & article is urging people to start somewhere, to take action of some kind. Many people can't afford the money or space of having a larger food supply. And, there are articles at the URL listed above for more ideas.

[healthyfoodstorage]

It is a good idea to have at least a 3 day supply of food, but considering the length of time people were without food and water during the Haiti earthquake for example, you would want to have more. In the U.S. we can look at Hurricane Katrina to see the same situation. Emergency help doesn't always get to us that quickly. I would say to have a month supply, or longer. Get food you like so it doesn't go to waste if you don't end up needing it for an emergency.

[bonscott1036]

i have been working on a 4 year food supply but i am VERY rasionitet

[gary77777778888888]

@WurledPeas ya i didnt think there was any use for them eather but it turnes out that thay are healthy and ive had my share of flat bike tiers from them to and ive had some get my feet.

[WurledPeas]

@gary77777778888888 I had to go look that up. Nope no goat's heads here. I knew what they are but had never heard of them or knew they had a use. I'm in Southern coastal California. No goat's heads here. We had a place in Bullhead City years ago and the town is named after those cursed things. Bullhead thorns. I used to hate those damn things. No kidding, they would puncture a bicycle tire. Been there, done that.

$61 a pound? WOW.

[gary77777778888888]

@WurledPeas thanks for the info i didnt know that. I did find out another wild edible plant thow goat head leaves are edible when young and thay serve medical benifits as well thay do all kinds of great things for your body. There is a few names for the plant i cant rememer them thow but thay go for 61$ a lb and we have plenty of them growing alaround here thay grow all over America im shure you thave them there but thay are a nusence and thay hurt when you step on them.

[WurledPeas]

I forgot my usual harp when responding before:

Those plastic bins are good for canned food but unless you can verify through the manufacturer that they are food grade don't use them to store items in boxes or plastic bags. They are not good for potable water cartage either. The chemicals in the plastics are toxic. Use only food grade buckets for storing goods in soft packaging.

[WurledPeas]

@gary77777778888888 Yeah, the ticks will be an issue to some degree. A tick needs to be on you and in your skin a while to transfer the lyme disease so a good self examination and wearing of light clothes will help mitigate that. That and some repellant.

[gary77777778888888]

@WurledPeas but the thing with messing with deer in the summer months thay cary tiks that cary lime disease and minets after your kill the deer tiks start to come of the dead deer and thay are looking for another host.

[gary77777778888888]

@WurledPeas Yes i am very aware of migration and thayer path the deer right now are north of here and in the fall thay come down to lower elivations because its wormer and there is more abundent food that aint coverd in snow and ice but still in the summer months some deer stay in this area and the antilope stay here all year long i am right by the Arizona strip lots of antilope any ways it would be a good idea to get more food stored your right-