food storage

Free to the public! Come join us for our first in-person meeting in Beebe, Arkansas at the Goff Public Library. Saturday, March 19th, 2pm to 4pm Goff Public Library 323 Elm St N, Beebe, AR 72012 Class on food storage planning including: - What makes food go bad - Different sources of food -...

We have had previous discussions about corn in food storage, but I think that was in the old place. I just searched and did not find anything about corn here. We had videos about the processes for making some of these things. I want to build another discussion about what we need and how to do...

Hi there, I'm new to prepping, just started about 10 months ago stockpiling food. So naturally I've made plenty of mistakes! I've only gotten Mylar bags and o2 absorbers in the last few weeks and I'm wondering if I can use them to package basmatti rice and oats that I purchased about 9 or 10...

I purchased some freeze dried food and noticed the company put an expiration date of 2022 on the container. My understanding is, with proper storage, freeze dried food can last 20+ years. Are they just being safe with that expiration date? Or should I be storing the food in mylar bags for it...

It was April 2015 when I bought a 50# bag of popcorn and decided to try and store it long term. I divided it out into about 7# bags and put it thru my food saver to pull out the air. A few of the bags initially needed to be re-done since the kernals make it difficult to seal, but after they...

A few years ago, I read that there are more than 1,000 varieties of beans. What I have since figured out is that there are categories of beans. There are many varieties of black beans, white beans, lentils and more. Basically, there are more than 1,000 varieties of beans, but a few types, about...

There's a lot of conflicting information out there about what's better to stock up on. Freeze dried food storage (buckets, kits, MRE, etc) or just non perishable foods. What are you stocking? Is there a company you prefer? Are you doing a combination of non perishable and freeze dried...

Last year, I read this article on Survival Blog by Sarah Latimer, and found it interesting. https://survivalblog.com/household-basics-in-teotwawki-part-1-by-sarah-latimer/ Prior to this article, I had gotten some 13.5 pound pouches of baking soda for my preps, but didn't even know how difficult...