Beginning a 3-Month Food Storage

You want to begin storing food? Congratulations! Here's how to begin....

According to providentliving.org: build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage. Store some water that is safe to drink, and save some money, if only a few coins each week. Then over time, expand these initial efforts—as individual circumstances allow and where permitted—by storing a longer-term supply of basics such as grains, beans, and other staples.

I recently saw some videos on youtube by Wendy Dewitt, showing how to start a food storage program, deciding what to store, keeping an inventory, pressure canning meat, solar oven cooking, and vacuum sealing food in jars. Click here to see part 1. You can continue watching the other 8 segments from a list on the side menu. She is quite a motivational speaker. I really enjoyed it, and I hope you do also.

You will enjoy a peace that comes from being prepared when you have food storage. Remember when Nephi broke his bow? His brothers were angry with him for they did not have any food. And besides Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael murmuring exceedingly because of their sufferings and afflictions, Nephi says, "...and also my father began to murmur against the Lord his God..." Lehi was a prophet of God. He had had visions and dreams and had seen angels, but when he got hungry, he murmured against God....a good example of how people can do uncharacteristic things when they are hungry.

Remember the counsel to not go into debt for food storage. I know if you have a budget and work to eliminate all the non-essential spending, you will be able to obtain your food storage.

Until later.....