What is a good way to store fats in your food preps? What are good fats to store for long-term stability? What oils work for long-term food storage? This post tackles the tricky issue of incorporating fats into a long(ish)-term food storage plan.
Preparedness
Preparedness 101: How To Build A Two Week Emergency Pantry
Let’s say your home is safe but a regional disaster like an ice storm or hurricane has crippled normal electricity, water, and emergency services. As you hunker down and wait for the amazing people who keep our grid running to repair damage, clear roads, reroute supplies, fix power lines, and generally to the dirty work…
Preparedness 101: Shun Ignorance and Reject Panic – Focus On Readiness
Unfortunately, since I started writing this series, the number of specific, urgent things I can point to as reasons to be prepared have just gone up. Puerto Rico is a heartbreaking example of long-term infrastructure disruption, and a cautionary tale in terms of how long it might take for outside help from government agencies to…
Preparedness 101: Hunkering Down At Home
I’ve been dealing with my own minor family health emergency here at the NWEdible homestead, so let’s recap. If you have followed along and completed our emergency challenges this month, here’s where you stand: You understand your most likely emergency threats. You know what kind of sane preparedness will let you sleep at night, feeling secure that…
Preparedness 101: Determine Your Evacuation, Meetup and Emergency Procedures
Your mission: think through and make a plan for your evacuation, meetup, and home emergency procedures – where you would go and who you would contact in an emergency.
Preparedness 101: Information Preparedness with a Family Reference Binder
Information Preparedness: Put all your important emergency and home information in one spot – you’ll make your life easier day-to-day and massively boost your resilience in an emergency.
Preparedness 101: Assembling A 72 Hour Bag
Today’s challenge: assemble your 72-Hour Emergency Bag. In this post I walk through the components of a good 72-Hour Bag in detail, show you exactly what I keep in my own bag, and encourage you to start packing your own emergency backpack today.
September 11th, Preparedness, And Answering The Call
Today is September 11th. If you are an American of around my age or older, this is a day that carries some memories. I remember how early in the morning it was here on the west coast when I got that phone call from a friend. I remember his insistent tone, I remember stumbling a few…
Preparedness 101: Everyone Has A Zombie Apocalypse Scenario
New Orleans had her Katrina. New York had her 9/11. Houston has her Harvey. No matter where you live, there is some disaster that can put all others to shame, some event so upending that you will always remember what you were doing when this thing happened. Lets call this your Zombie Apocalypse Scenario. The Centers for…
Preparedness 101: What's Your Preparedness Philosophy?
Prep 101, Challenge # 1: Figure out what readiness means to you, what motivates you, what scares you, what your preparedness goals are, and what’s going to let you sleep soundly at night.
Top 5 Cleaning Products To Hoard For The Zombie Apocalypse
Want to make sure your home cleaning preps are on point? Check out what 5 cleaning products are most important to stock for a long-term emergency situation.
Eat From The Larder Challenge: Week Three Wrap Up
Let’s imagine for a moment that this isn’t a corner of the internet dedicated to growing vegetables, cooking good food, hanging out with chickens and periodically swearing. Let’s image this is Upworthy.com, a website dedicated to sharing mildly interesting and/or uplifting things marketed with the most annoying yet compelling headlines ever. If Upworthy were to…