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     anna Senior Member Username: anna Post Number: 3502 Registered: 9-2002 |
Food Storage Questions- I thought these were excellent questions out of my Spring Foods Preservation and Storage class I'm taking: What am I storing food for? What are my concerns? What kinds of situations are likely in my region? How much food do I want to store? For how many people/pets? How much water do I want to store? Am I likely to have people outside my immediate household who are with us in a crisis? Are there other things I want to store – clothing, medical supplies, tools? What are they? How much time and energy do I have to devote to this? How much space do I realistically think I have to devote to this? How much money can I spend each week/month on this project. Where will my stored food come from? How much of it will I grow/produce? What are my goals for food preservation? How much of my food will I buy, and from where? What can I get locally, and what do I have to get through the industrial food system? What’s the best and most ethical source for my food? What do I imagine doing with my food storage? Do I want it mostly to provide a hedge against a crisis, or for day to day use? Do I imagine myself eating regularly out of it and replacing it? Do I want to be able to share with others, or is my first priority protecting my own? How will I prevent loss of food to age, insects, mold? Very thought-provoking, and better to answer now, than later. I'm feeling a real need to stock up now, with fuel prices being uncertain in the future, than kick myself later. I am able to purchase things easily, and who knows what the next few months/Fall could look like? What if our fruit trees fail this year, etc.? http://energy-creations.blogspot.com/ http://littlehomesteadinboise.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Second Wind Senior Member Username: second_wind Post Number: 6161 Registered: 4-2007 |
What an excellent post! We would all do well to think about each and every question! As I said before....I learn a lot from you! Thank you! "In the end, only kindness matters." | ||
| anna Senior Member Username: anna Post Number: 3504 Registered: 9-2002 |
You're welcome  It's been a great classhttp://energy-creations.blogspot.com/ http://littlehomesteadinboise.blogspot.com/ |
