There are many foods that store well, and many foods that are super-nutritious or have high caloric value, but the number of foods that store well and are especially nutrient- and calorie-rich are much fewer. Calories without nutrients won’t ...
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Long-Term Carrot Storage … For Up To 20 Years
Extending the shelf life of root vegetables like carrots has been practiced for centuries as a method to have fresh vegetables available all year. Traditionally, carrots (typically a variety bred for winter storage) are kept in a root cellar or ...
Read More »3 Never-Go-Bad ‘Survival Crops’ That Kept The Cowboys Alive
The Old West was a tough place to hammer out a living. Whether it was mountain men, cowboys, or buffalo hunters, making ends meet in The West was not for the faint of heart. Men and women alike had ...
Read More »Does Freezing Food Really Kill Bugs?
Picture this unhappy scenario. You open up your carefully prepared and stored food at a time of need only to find it infested with bugs. Nearly all dried foods – including grains, cereals, beans, nuts, powdered milk, dried fruits, cured ...
Read More »10 Foods You Can Store For 100 Years
French bread will only last a few days before it goes bad. And canned goods will last you a few years. So all food has an expiration date, right? Wrong! Some foods can last a century. Yes, that’s right. A ...
Read More »10 Foods You Can Store For 10 Years
Stockpiling food isn’t just for preppers and survivalists preparing for an outbreak of Ebola or a downed power grid. It’s for any family or individual who wants to be ready for the unknown, whether that’s a tornado, an earthquake, a ...
Read More »9 Foods You Aren’t Stockpiling But Should
When it comes to stocking up on food, you more than likely think that you have covered all your bases and that you have what you need. But there are many foods that you may not have thought about, and ...
Read More »Scheduling And Planning Basics For The Prepper Lifestyle
My husband and I began envisioning ourselves in a prepper lifestyle at a point in our lives that looking back, turned out to be the height of our careers. Always knowing we wanted to get out of the rat race ...
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