Food Storage

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July 23, 2024

How much?

We have been counseled to stock up a one-year supply of food - and at least 3 months, which is considered by many to be the critical survival period. The 90-day mark is the filter that we are told is the minimum we should be prepared to reach with meals we are used to eating. The one-year supply should be more basic foodstuffs.

However, many (if not most) do not have extra storage space for every single item suggested to last our family a full year. However, minimally, we should have a 72-hour emergency supply (See also "Emergency Kits"). In some areas, the state has encouraged a 96-hour emergency supply kit because of reported emergency reponse times. This brings to mind the adage originally coinced by Alfred Henry Lewis in 1906:

"There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy."

The most basic and useful items you can begin storing now, are canned foods.

Church Counsel

Extreme Preparation or Survivalism

The Church encourages self-reliance. Members are encouraged to be spiritually and physically prepared for life’s challenges. See 22.1.

However, Church leaders have counseled against extreme or excessive preparation for possible catastrophic events. Such efforts are sometimes called survivalism. Efforts to prepare should be motivated by faith, not fear.

Church leaders have counseled members not to go into debt to establish food storage. Instead, members should establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve over time.

- General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 38.8.15

Church Food Storage Online Shop

Some of Alaska Granny's Recommendations

Nido Powdered Milk
Excalibur Food Dehydrator
Amy's Organic Soups
Peanut Butter Powder PB2
Augason Farms Tomato Powder
Augason Farms Cheese Powder
Mountain House Meals
Aquatainer Water Storage Container
Heavy Duty Tarp
Bungee Cords
LifeStraw water filter system
Coleman Camp Stove
Ice Scraper Snow Brush
Canned Bread
Food Saver
Food Saver Bags
Foodsaver Jar Lid Attachment
30 Day Food Bucket
Augason Farms Rice
Augason Farms Beans
Toilet Paper

FIFO (FIRST IN, FIRST OUT)
"Store what you eat, and eat what you store."
Guiding Principles to rotate food storage in order to keep supplies from spoiling.
(See Also "Water Storage")