Is there a difference between short term and long term food storage

February 21, 2009 - "Is there a difference between short term and long term food storage? By Joseph Parish. When sitting among the various survival groups you often hear it said that someone is storing this or that for their short term storage and this and that for their long term storage. This is actually utter nonsense as the only difference in the short and the long term storage should be the quantity of products that are being stored. Click here

Using the Reynold's Handi-Vac System

February 20, 2009 - "Using the Reynolds’s Handi-Vac System" By Joseph Parish. A while back I was fortunate enough to locate one of the Reynolds’s Handi-vac systems in our local Wal-Mart department store. It was not a costly item and so I decided to pay my ten dollars or so and give it a try. At the same time I put in another ten dollars for 9 gallon bags that are used in conjunction with the machine. Click here

Using the Reynold's Handi-Vac System

February 20, 2009 - "Using the Reynolds’s Handi-Vac System" By Joseph Parish. A while back I was fortunate enough to locate one of the Reynolds’s Handi-vac systems in our local Wal-Mart department store. It was not a costly item and so I decided to pay my ten dollars or so and give it a try. At the same time I put in another ten dollars for 9 gallon bags that are used in conjunction with the machine. Click here

Storage of Oil used for Cooking

February 19, 2009 - "Storage of oil used for cooking" By Joseph Parish. It wasn’t too many years ago that I was employed at a local oil refinery. Not the kind of refinery which processed crude oil into oil which is used in our vehicles but rather the kind of refinery which makes cooking oil. This particular refinery specialized in soybean oil. My job there was to ensure that the product that was being made was top quality and completely fit for human consumption. Click here

The American People are being taken for a ride

February 19, 2009 - "The American people are being taken for a ride" By Joseph Parish. All the money that our government has been stuffing into General Motors and Chrysler and they are still no better off then they were initially. In fact Chrysler has just recently requested an additional 5 billion dollars to continue in business and to prevent them from entering bankruptcy. Click here

Food Storage Recipe Contest

February 19, 2009 - "Food Storage Recipe Contest" Perhaps you will be interested in this contest. Just found out about a Food Storage Recipe Contest that the people at Shelf Reliance are having. Take a look at the fun prizes you could win. All you need to do is send them a great-tasting, nutritional recipe using food storage to be entered for a chance to win. Check out the details below. Click here

Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult

February 18, 2009 - "Our current time of crisis makes Bugging out Difficult" By Joseph Parish. Our current financial struggle here in America is on the verge of making an emergency bug out difficult at best. Predictions have been revealed that state our workforce will be at just about a stand still by the end of 2009. In short there simply are not enough jobs for the people. Ninety-five percent of our nation's metropolitan cities will have far fewer job positions available as the year ends than those that they had at the beginning of the year. Click here

Saving Food by use of Oxygen Absorbers

February 17, 2009 - "Saving food by use of Oxygen absorbers" By Joseph Parish. All true survivalists have found that at one time or another they have encountered various problems relating to their food storage. Perhaps they merely run out of space or even worse their containers of grin became buggy. We can’t do much about the first problem but there is plenty that we can do concerning the later one. Click here

Storing Bulk foods in Five Gallon Containers

February 16, 2009 - "Storing bulk foods in five gallon buckets" By Joseph Parish. If you are looking for an inexpensive and simple way to store your bulk foods then search no longer. For several years now I had started obtaining the five gallon icing buckets which were used by cake decorators for storing cake icing in. These buckets are food grade products so they are safe for just about any type of food. Click here

Talking to your children about Emergency Preparedness

February 15, 2009 - "Talking to your children about emergency preparedness" By Joseph Parish. If you experienced an emergency of any sort from a fire to an earthquake would your family survive? Would each member of your family know and choose the appropriate course of action in order to save their lives? Do all family members know what your emergency action plan is and how to implement it? Click here