Posted By Victory Garden Man on July 16, 2010
Me again. Hey, my wife and I have bought a half a share of our local CSA in New Hampshire and it is absolutely awesome!!! We love it and I can not recommend doing this enough for your family yourself.
Let me break it down for you because I am sure a lot of people out there don’t have a clue of what I am talking about here. Well, a CSA stands for community supported agriculture and we have these local CSA groups in practically every state so I am sure there is one near you. If you would like to find one near you then you should check this link to see where one is located near you.
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Posted By Victory Garden Man on May 5, 2010
Howdy everyone!
I know we have gone over some basic instructions on how to can and preserve certain foods over the past couple of months, however, I stumbled on an awesome e-book which outlines how to can and preserve foods with multiple methods.
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Posted By Victory Garden Man on April 1, 2010
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OK, now we are going to focus on the next stage in the preparation of our survival food storage plan. However, lets get a little corny right off the bat and remember the five P’s before preparing any type of food…Here goes…Ready!? Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. Ta Daaa! Of course, what I mean here is to make sure you have all of the food storage supplies and equipment at hand before you start canning food. For example, you don’t want to find out that you don’t have any oxygen absorbers just as you are pouring the dry bulk food into your food storage container.
Now, lets get started with all of the canning tools you are going to need in order to store rice, for example. Keep in mind that whatever we are going to be storing, for our long term food supply, in bulk needs to have a moisture level of 10% or lower in order to stay fresh for years. Most dry bulk foods store well for 5-20 years, if done properly, and you don’t need expensive canning machines to do it. I will post a chart in the near future that shows shelf life for each individual food. For now we will just be focusing on how to dry can rice (10 year shelf life with this process) but here is a list of other things that we could easily be using today as well.
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Posted By Victory Garden Man on January 9, 2010
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Tips about long term emergency food storage
Some people get overwhelmed with the thought of starting their long-term food storage supply. Let’s face it, the thought of storing food for emergencies, such as natural disasters or the loss of a job, can be quite a downer.
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Posted By Victory Garden Man on December 8, 2009
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Food is wealth
The basic sustenance of life. Without this, we can not go very far before our bodies and minds break down. Without food, nothing else matters yet throughout our journey in life we feel the need to hoard “stuff” that collects dust in our basements (and throughout our whole house for that matter).
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