Freeze Dried & MRE - Survival Food

Helpful Advice on Food for a Backpacking Trip
By Yohanes Tantama(Yohanes Tantama)
Another idea is buying army MRE’s or Meals Ready to Eat. These are made to be easy to carry, easy to prepare and healthy. When you are planning your meals for your backpacking trip you need to keep these basic tips in mind. …
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48 Mountain House #10 Cans. 522 Servings! 30-Year Shelf!! Price : 1079.00 … 150 Mountain House #10 Cans. 150 Mountain House #10 Cans …

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By Trevor Frost(Trevor Frost)
Mountain House was kind enough to give us cases of their awesome freeze dried food to go with the endless amounts of rice and other Gabonese staples I cant wait to eat for 40 days straight. The folks at Adventure Medical Kits is …
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Forget oil, the new global crisis is food
Alia McMullen, Financial Post

A new crisis is emerging, a global food catastrophe that will reach further and be more crippling than anything the world has ever seen. The credit crunch and the reverberations of soaring oil prices around the world will pale in comparison to what is about to transpire, Donald Coxe, global portfolio strategist at BMO Financial Group said at the Empire Club’s 14th annual investment outlook in Toronto on Thursday.

“It’s not a matter of if, but when,” he warned investors. “It’s going to hit this year hard.”……..

More and more individuals and families are becoming better prepared. In today’s ever uncertain world in which we live, having a backup reserve of long storing foods is an essential part of any emergency preparedness plan.

Nitro-Pak has recommended having an emergency food reserve for over 21 years. More and more are seeing the light in this wisdom. In fact, the U.S. government’s HOMELAND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT has now endorsed this idea and recommend that all individuals and families should have an emergency food reserve, 72 hour…
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  This story really hits the mark on the poor state of preparedness most people are in.  These two quotes tells it all;

“I’ve never seen the lantern aisle bare. People who weren’t prepared came in and got it all,”

“I think preparedness is a harder sell than actual disaster response … Preparing is kind of less sexy, you could say.”

Residents Learn Real-life Disaster Lessons From Storm
(People) think there’s a fire truck with their address on it to respond in an emergency, and that’s just not the case. In metropolitan areas Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach, for example you get these folks who are unaccustomed to power …
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When preparing for emergencies, don’t forget the pets
California Democrat - California,MO,USA
Another part of the emergency plan is assembly of the supplies needed. Since most shelters will not take animals unless they are service animals, …
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This blog provides news and information on food preparedness for survival in the event of a natural disaster where food is not easily available for more than 72 hours.

Some emergency situations such as epidemics may require 6 weeks to 3 months of reserve food supply for an individual or family.

The lesson of Hurricane Katrina is that you can not put your hope in the government to provide adequate support in a timely fashion. In extreme cases it is even unrealistic to expect any relief organization to be able to provide needed support to everyone within 24 hours.

Preparedness is an investment and the advice of storing a supply of dry grains and can goods and replenishing them every 2-3 years is a recipe for disaster as most do not have the time or diligence to manage this kind of an inventory process carefully.

Basically most people will forget. They will have rancid food when they need it or even nothing because they did not remember to buy the replacement survival food when they threw the old food out.

Stored under right conditions MRE (meals ready to eat) like what the military uses can last 6-7 years or more.

Freeze dried food, which needs water to re-hydrate, can last up to 30 years. A 3 month supply can easily be stored in homes in a relatively small space.

Although the up-front cost of a 6 week or 3 month survival food supply for you or your family may seem more, it definitely will be a much better value.

FEMA Joins California and Local Officials in Storm Preparedness
Written by Imperial Valley News
Friday, 04 January 2008
Pasadena, California - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is joining state and local officials in encouraging preparations for winter storms that could cause flooding, mud and debris flow in California.
“Flooding can happen quickly,” said Mike Hall, FEMA’s federal coordinating officer overseeing the recovery from the recent Southern California wildfires. “Being prepared can save lives and property.”