Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis

by Peggy Layton

Book Overview

Always Be Prepared What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Do you have a plan in the event that your power, telephone, water and food supply are cut off for an extended amount of time? What if there were no medical or pharmaceutical services available for days, weeks, or months? How prepared are you? With this guide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761563679
• ISBN13: 9780761563679
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A great mix...

Anyone can buy a case of MRE's an say they are prepared for an emergency. What happens when those MRE's expire? This book provides plan to make preparedness an easily managed day-to-day activity. It is extremely applicable to a wide range of readers. Everyone from the hard-core survivalist concerned about communist or alien invasion to the factory worker concerned about the security of their job could learn something from this book. I fall into the middle between these two extremes. The most valuable part of this book is the development of an at-home "supermarket". The essence of this plan is to buy what you use regularly in higher quantities, and begin a first-in first-out rotation of the products you buy. When times get lean start to use up the supplies that you have stockpiled. It sounds simple in theory, but this book really helps define the nitty-gritty of the practice of such a storage plan. There are other sections of this book regarding long term storage of grains and legumes that was less important to me, but some readers may find valuable. Also, a list of recipes using the staples stored is presented and some lists of non-food items that would help in a disaster situation are presented. The main takeaway from this book is the implementation of a rotation system to buy what is commonly used and methods for long-term storage of foodstuffs. This book is highly recommended.

What every family should know!

Having the piece of mind and knowing you have done everything you can do provide for your family in case of an emergency is priceless. This book is great for that very purpose. Everything a family should know and consider. Whether you have huricanes, earthquakes or tornados, this book gives information on what to store and how much. As well as what is most important. A great read.

Book does exactly what the title says.

Just like the title says the book is full of hints to store food for a crisis. There are a number of excellent hints such as storing food that you would normally eat and turning over your stored food through your regular eating habits. The book also mentions having emergency clothing, food and water packed and ready to go because when a crisis occurs there will likely be no time to pack up supplies. You want something you can just grab on the way out the door. Hurricane Katrina is a good example. Having emergency supplies in your car is another excellent idea. Time and again we read about families being stranded without adequate clothing, food and water. Finally, one of the best ideas is to always have a ready store of hundreds of dollars in cash on hand.

Exactly What I was looking for!

This is exactly the book I was looking for. It gave me ideas I hadn't even thought of in terms of items needed for food storage & survival. I appreciated the chart about calculating how much ingredients for bread making, so you can plan how much to stock up. I also liked that she stresses not to get stuff if your family doesn't like it. It should really help to save money in stocking up. This is a good book, and it will help you make a plan to stock up!

Good Basis for Learning Food Storage Principles

This book is good for the basics of food storage and emergency preparedness. Much of the information coincides with information from the LDS chuch and includes instructions on preparing Long Term Food Storage, First Aid Kits, 72-Hour Kits, and food rotation. Good book for those just starting out in their emergency preparations!