Survival Food Plan
"There is Only One Way to Get Prepared –
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Food Storage Rule #1--Only buy food that you will eat. Just because lima beans are on sale, doesn't make them a good buy if you can't stand them!
How much is enough? If you have ever seen a long term food survival list, it can be over-whelming! And if you are like most of us, your food budget is already stretched to the max and you are wondering how can you ever accumulate enough food to last even two weeks--much less 12 months or longer, right? Well, I have recently found a one year food plan that will take a year to implement but you work it one week at a time. For two adults, you only have to put aside $10.00 a week. Most of us can still squeeze out $10.00 and it takes a lot of the pain out of getting ready. Any plan is like a buffet--just take from it what appeals to you and leave the rest. Of course, if you feel there may not be a year's worth of weeks left to prepare, then by all means "up" your plan to $20.00 or $30.00 a week and have your plan finished before the 12 months are up. If you are able, purchase a one year dehydrated food supply from any number of reputable vendors on-line. When buying food reserves, one word of caution--it's not just calories you are looking for but nutrient dense calories. Empty calories in a crisis situation, combined with high stress levels, are a sure path to poor health and sickness. Don't neglect to add whole food supplements to your food plan as well.
How to Buy and Store a One Year Food Supply--On a Budget
MAKE A FOOD KITTY Set aside $10 a week to buy the specific items each week for your long-term food storage. Take an envelope and that becomes your "food kitty". I use a zippered bank bag envelope, that way I don't have to worry about losing the change. Put in the $10 and don't use that money for anything but purchasing your one year supply of food.
After buying the items for the week from the one year supply of food list, put the remaining change back into the envelope. Because two cans of tuna don't cost $10, there will be change left over. That way when the week where you are to buy 10 pounds of powdered milk arrives, you will have enough in the envelope to make your purchase.
Weeks 38 and 44 you will have "off" to replenish the kitty.
By the end of the 52 weeks, you should have a one year supply of food, that includes: 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 30 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins
It is suggested that you add 6 lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening to your one year supply of food and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year.
For every 2 people you have in your family add $10 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week. Also it is possible to speed up your preparations. instead of taking one year to complete, spend $20 per week, and accomplish it in 6 months, or $40 per week, and accomplish it in 3 months.
With a permanent marker write the date purchased on the can or box. When stacking the items on the shelves, always put the newest items to the back and on the bottom. That way it will be easier to rotate the foods out, in the order they were bought after accumulating them. The first item purchased in your one year supply of food is the first to be used.
Let's Get Started--Budget One Year Food Supply-Click here to view list of what items to purchase in each week of the year.
MAKE A FOOD KITTY Set aside $10 a week to buy the specific items each week for your long-term food storage. Take an envelope and that becomes your "food kitty". I use a zippered bank bag envelope, that way I don't have to worry about losing the change. Put in the $10 and don't use that money for anything but purchasing your one year supply of food.
After buying the items for the week from the one year supply of food list, put the remaining change back into the envelope. Because two cans of tuna don't cost $10, there will be change left over. That way when the week where you are to buy 10 pounds of powdered milk arrives, you will have enough in the envelope to make your purchase.
Weeks 38 and 44 you will have "off" to replenish the kitty.
By the end of the 52 weeks, you should have a one year supply of food, that includes: 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 30 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins
It is suggested that you add 6 lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening to your one year supply of food and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year.
For every 2 people you have in your family add $10 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week. Also it is possible to speed up your preparations. instead of taking one year to complete, spend $20 per week, and accomplish it in 6 months, or $40 per week, and accomplish it in 3 months.
With a permanent marker write the date purchased on the can or box. When stacking the items on the shelves, always put the newest items to the back and on the bottom. That way it will be easier to rotate the foods out, in the order they were bought after accumulating them. The first item purchased in your one year supply of food is the first to be used.
Let's Get Started--Budget One Year Food Supply-Click here to view list of what items to purchase in each week of the year.
A well stocked home pantry.
"A Year Too Soon is Better Than
a Day Too Late"
a Day Too Late"