You can definitely survive on Freeze-dried food. It’s not much different than eating fresh food. Freeze-dried food maintains almost all of its nutrition and retains excellent color and texture when reconstituted. It’s nearly the perfect preservation technique for non-perishable survival food. You can live off of freeze-dried survival food if a healthy mix of fruits, … Read more
I first ate Freeze-dried food doing a section hike on the Appalachian Trail in Vermont. I looked forward to my nightly freeze-dried dinner. That’s how good some of the meals are. As a lightweight hiking food for long-term storage or emergency preparedness, freeze-dried food is arguably the best choice out there. What Is Freeze-dried Food? … Read more
To prepare for food shortages, store foods that don’t require refrigeration and provide a long shelf life. Because of the rising cost of fuel and world events, the cost of everything will go up in 2022. Keep in mind that fuel isn’t just for vehicles. It also goes into the manufacture of pesticides, fertilizers, and … Read more
When food shortages happen, they are high impact. They are usually accompanied by economic collapse and destabilization of everything else in a country; if food shortages reach starvation levels lookout. If you live in the United States and there are food shortages it is likely shortages are on a global scale. There will be nowhere … Read more
Affordable survival food like white rice, beans, wheat, and other dry staple food has been tried and tested over thousands of years: they are the best affordable survival food option and have the most extended shelf-life. I personally stockpile every food on this list. Some of them I don’t like, i.e. canned meat but I … Read more
TOP GEAR Maybe the sky is falling, and perhaps it isn’t. Still, a robust stockpile of food set aside for food shortages or economic collapse is a commodity and an added safety net for any emergency. It can also save you money by buying food in bulk. I’ve shared below enough information to get you … Read more
TOP GEAR Mylar bags rock. There isn’t a better way for the do-it-yourself prepper to store hundreds or thousands of pounds of dry staple foods for pending doom. I’ve personally stored hundreds of pounds of dry staples using sealed Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers, and I’m still going. Below I’ll help you choose Mylar bags, … Read more
Fat is one of the most challenging types of emergency food to store for a survival scenario or natural disaster because it has a relatively short shelf-life and it isn’t provided in a high enough quantity by staple emergency foods like dry beans, rice, and wheat. For this reason, it’s important to plan ahead so … Read more
Protein is one of the food types you’ll want to store for long and short-term emergencies. The bulk of my protein supply is dry staples like dry beans, wheat berries, rolled oats, and white rice. I also store freeze-dried and canned proteins for short-term emergencies because they are ready to eat and shelf-stable. Plan to … Read more
TOP GEAR The storage containers you use for long-term food storage really matter when it comes to the shelf-life of dry staples. . This article covers a list of premium containers and the tools you need to store massive amounts of dry staple foods like white rice, wheat, dry beans, rolled oats, and pasta for … Read more
