3 Month Preparedness Challenge - Week 9 - Long-Term Survival Food Supply

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

This week's prep focus ... you got this! 1. Inventory life-saving basic foods packaged for long-term storage - check dates. 2. Cook one meal using basic staples from your long-term food storage - are you missing anything important? Spices? 3. Evaluate your storage space. Do you need to make any changes? 4. Get rid of old foods that may be taking up valuable space and giving you a false sense of security. 5. Create a list of long-term storage items that you need to add to your storage. Buy if you have the funds. A basic guideline is 400 lbs of grains per person and 60 pounds of legumes. Below are the resources and links that can help you succeed. Please share this video and let's all get prepared. **Find a Home Storage Center near you for the best prices on basic food storage providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/self-reliance/food-storage/home-storage-center-locations?lang=eng (We don't make any money from referring you here. They have the best prices on quality basic food storage. You do not need to be a member.) **PackFreshUSA Mylar Bags and Oxygen Absorbers packfreshusa.com/?rfsn=7503114.ecc85c Use promo code PROVIDENT to receive 10% off your order. Videos worth checking out on long-term food storage: Food Storage: How to Feed Your Family No Matter What Happens! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHerhXyandaMZtU Long-Term Food Storage: How to Build This Critical Asset kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4KVp3Sarrd4i5Y Food Storage: The Actual Shelf-Life of White Flour kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZW5loVmiZ6grpI Food Storage: Food Scientist Explains How to Extend the Shelf-Life of Dry Goods kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5rCd6uZhNicpqM Food Storage: Lentils are a Protein Powerhouse In Your Prepper Pantry kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4iWfGeXdrCCqLM Food Storage Fail! DO NOT Store Your Dry Goods Like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWjcfoytmZVsZs0 Frugal Friendly Foods: Nutritionally Complete Survival Food From Basic Dry Goods kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKTRpGh-bs59kKs Learn more at TheProvidentPrepper.org Ingenious Places to Store Your Emergency Food Supply theprovidentprepper.org/ingenious-places-to-store-your-emergency-food-supply/ Long-Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-creative-solutions-to-build-a-critical-asset/ 3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind theprovidentprepper.org/3-months-supply-of-food-amazing-peace-of-mind/ Food Storage: How to Store Wheat So It Is Still Delicious 31 Years Later theprovidentprepper.org/food-storage-how-to-store-wheat-so-it-is-still-delicious-31-years-later/ Oats -- A Must-Have Pantry Staple theprovidentprepper.org/oats-a-must-have-pantry-staple/ Food Storage Experiment -- Are 29-Year-Old White Beans Edible? theprovidentprepper.org/food-storage-experiment-are-29-year-old-white-beans-edible/ Dry Bean Food Storage Myth -- Actual Shelf-Life Revealed theprovidentprepper.org/dry-bean-food-storage-myth-actual-shelf-life-revealed/ Packaging Dry Foods in Plastic Bottles for Long-Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-plastic-bottles-for-long-term-food-storage/ Packaging Dry Foods in Glass Jars for Long-Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/packaging-dry-foods-in-glass-jars-for-long-term-food-storage/ How to Package Dry Foods in Mylar Bags for Long-Term Storage theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-package-dry-foods-in-mylar-bags-for-long-term-storage/ Potato Flakes: Delicious and Versatile Long-Term Food Storage Staple theprovidentprepper.org/potato-flakes-delicious-and-versatile-long-term-food-storage-staple/ Make Food Storage Meals Amazing: Include a Spice Bucket in Your Storage theprovidentprepper.org/make-food-storage-meals-amazing-include-a-spice-bucket-in-your-storage/ Thanks for being part of the solution!

[@maryflint8499]

I cleaned my pantry yesterday. Took all my emergency heating and lighting to a hall closet. Leaving space for extra in my pantry for food. Thanks for all your useful information.

[@bobbiehatch]

I have been taking long term food storage and making meals in a jar. Very convenient.

[@swansot]

A tip on adding storage space, get risers to lift the bed frame and double the amount of storage.

[@brentbarr7800]

You nailed it! People need to only buy and store the food they will ACTUALLY eat. With that being said, that eliminates ALL the commercial brand companies prep meal entrees. Times are going to be rough, don’t make it harder by have horrible non edible foods. Calories don’t matter!!!!! NUTRITION DOES. Only buy ingredients and then you can make quality meals. Freeze dry your own or buy the freeze dried ingredients from quality companies. See which ones use pesticides on their fruits/vegetables and hormones and fillers in their chicken/beef/pork. There are only a few companies that don’t use pesticides and artificial additives/chemicals in their products.

[@staceydoten845]

Thank you for sharing your changes downsizing from family size to a family of 2 persons. That is important to address. Most appreciated!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

You are so welcome!

[@grammamary7283]

Love The little inexpensive Costco bins……they are the getting older persons best friend. I have many many many of them as it’s about all I can safely lift and they stack so great

[@philw7174]

Just got back from Sam's because of your tip about a decent price of Safe Heat. Recently got the Vesta and am now diversifying my heating/cooking ability. Thank you Jonathan and Kylene for your continued great advice. Now is the time to prepare for a power outage in the winter. Brrrrrrr. The products are available, will be gone when the disaster hits. Happy trails!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Can't wait to hear what you think of it!

[@lunarminx]

I did buy things we do not normally have around. Canned Spaghetti and meatballs that have about 500 calories per can. 25lbs of popcorn and a grinder. I have canned meats we don't normally use.

[@curtispavlovec]

Prep what you eat…I don’t recommend buying foods you never eat during “normal” times.

[@helenpirtle9670]

This past month I have been doing a detailed inventory of what items are where. That is done by room, shelf, box or drawer. It’s so much easier to scan through a page or two to locate something than to do the physical search first. We have also been doing another of what I call preparedness drills. We turn the breaker off to our house and become off-grid. Today is day 4. Loving it.

[@dorsiedenny]

I appreciate the ideas about where to store food preps the most!! That's the most difficult for me to figure out with the space available. Of course there's also the canning supplies, Mason jars lids and rings, pressure canner, steam juicer, and emergency radio flashlights and heat. Where to put it all so it's in order, safe from damage, and easy to get to. Our kids are also now all grown and on their own. But those spaces are now a work from home office, sewing area, and sorting space to finally go through photos and memories to keep.

[@trish237]

For the winter power outage, we are trying to figure out how to store more heating oil. New England here and we are not off grid. We only have a 250-gallon capacity for home heating oil. We have added 2 buddy heaters with 5 gallon propane tanks and adapters, 3 cords of wood for a fireplace if needed, and ways to seal off rooms to conserve heat. How can we store more heating oil, or can we?

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

That is a really tough one. It sounds like you are doing great! Always be safe! Think outside the box ... what are your "real" options? Different fuel source? Different safe storage locations. Staying warm without fuel?

[@EveryDayAmityShay]

I love these videos!! Thank you

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Glad you like them! Thanks for working hard to be ready!

[@LurkerSmurf]

Lol, I just bought canned lima beans for the first time ever to use on a salad. I forgot that I really like limas, but I've only had them from frozen before now. I'm going to start keeping just a couple, not a lot. And not for long-term due to needing extra preparation like kidney beans do.

[@ladyjusticesusan]

I don’t have “winter power outage” preps to do, living here on the surface of the sun in Florida, but I do have hurricane power outage preps. Speaking of which, we have one on the way right now and I’m happy to say the things I have to do are thankfully minimal. I prep in June (start of hurricane season) so that for the rest of the season I don’t have to panic prep. I have to bring all outdoor things indoors, and that’s it. At the end of the season (November) I begin drinking the stored water and then replenish as I empty each container. Not that prepping ever ends, it’s just that I’m happy to say I don’t have a lot to do any longer. And in case anyone is wondering, it’s taken many years to get to this point on a very limited income, so please start where you are and even with a painfully small budget you can do it, one thing at a time. Please say a prayer that the hurricane misses us. I’m in a mobile home so I’m also ready to leave if necessary (and I’m hoping it’s not necessary).

[@brittanyhargraves5382]

Have y’all thought about doing a dedicated long term food storage cookbook or a prepper cookbook? That would be amazing and I’d totally get it!! 😍 I’d love a quick go to book to help vary my LT menu :) thanks in advance for your consideration 😁😁

[@brittanyhargraves5382]

I know you’ve shared lots of yummy recipes through your videos and book over the years, and I’d love to try them, but it would be amazing to have them all in one place :)

[@marygallagher3428]

Added a Bluetti AC180 to increase my preps in case of a winter (or anytime) power outage.

[@MosaicHomestead]

Find a alternative way to charge it, solar or a small generator.

[@Krisann-M]

Lima beans! Yummy! I went thru my cans and found some mandarine oranges in plastic that had turned a very deep brown. Also a few cans that were suspicious looking. Out they went. Mow I have more room for what we will eat. Always learning. Thank you!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Good work! I disagree about the lima beans but we can still be friends ... you and Jonathan can eat together :)

[@DebbieAndrews3435]

So funny I had my husband build shelf’s at the end of the room just yesterday

[@lunarminx]

I am also getting off all meds I xan be without. Two different antidepressants ive been on over a decade. I an disabled and in chronic severe spine issues. My shrink this even being like this, I should be mostly happy. I just am being tired and in pain and not jumping up and down happy and decided to get off them now is better than a shtf and can't get them.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

You got this! That is a courageous move!

[@Cathy1223]

I think a problem for northern climates with power outage could be pipes freezing!

[@pollen8]

Not a Lima bean fan either, until a neighbor made a fabulous hummus with them. Give it a try!

[@Nana9112go]

Great job you two!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Thank you!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Love you Sweetheart!

[@fefejohns4587]

Keep teaching us .. appreciate your help♥️

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Keep being a wonderful part of the solution!

[@jenniferbrown787]

I was so impressed to see Jonathan on the 4Patriots commercial! You're a celeb!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

We did not give permission to be on a 4Patriots commercial. Did they steal a clip from one of our videos?

[@jenniferbrown787]

@@TheProvidentPrepper It sure looked like Jonathan holding two 4Patriots 72 hour kits. Maybe it wasn't him. It could have been his double! The commercial aired during Jesse Watters on Fox News

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

@@jenniferbrown787 Must have been his double ... or maybe AI. We wouldn't promote their 72-hour kits or prepackaged food kits. It is so much better to build your own. Thanks!!

[@quilt98]

I live in the Florida Panhandle 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. We have frequent hurricanes. Power outages become frequent. Generators only for fridge, etc. My question is - can you seal mylar bags with a dry, flat iron heated on a grill, gas stove, or fire? Will that seal hold as well as using an electric flat iron or sealer?

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

I don't know. I think the biggest problem would be getting it too hot and completely melting the Mylar. Try it and let me know :)

[@jimboyd7784]

thank you

[@stackenandpackin6716]

Question-the 400lbs of grains and 60lbs of legumes per person per year. Is that a dry weight or prepared weight? Anyone?

[@philw7174]

Dry weight. Happy trails!

[@elle1014elle]

What’s the name of the company of the can food your are showing?? Do you have a link?

[@andreagardner2335]

Bought a hybrid light flashlight. It’s all charged up and in my office window. We have an Iwatani burner and enough fuel. Also a thrifted brand new fondue pot. What we would lack is heat. We are in the northeast. We are retired and can’t maneuver a generator. We are in a condo community and on a tiny plot of land. So nowhere to store propane. A gas generator using our natural gas is around $8,000. Not doable. So this is what bothers me. Got lots of layers and blankets. But sometimes you have to do more than sit bundled up.

[@debbiefarmer1195]

A Mr Buddy heater will keep a room very warm

[@_evilqueen]

I second the Mr Buddy heater. You can store the small 1lb propane bottles on a closet or under a bed. It's rated to be indoor safe, but definitely have a CO detector in the room

[@andreagardner2335]

@@_evilqueen Thank you!

[@andreagardner2335]

@@debbiefarmer1195 Thank you!

[@jenniferbrown787]

Is it a good idea to put water in mylar bags?

[@merlehuggins2306]

Could I put nuts and seeds in Mylar bags with oxygen absorber.

[@bitenenow]

If I fill water bricks/mason jars now with filtered water from my frig how long will it stay good stored @ room temp? Do you have to treat it to get it to last longer ?

[@lunarminx]

Some have been good for two years but they recommended dumping and refill yearly. I don't refill but I also have a diy gravity water filter that silver impregnated ceramic domes with activated carbon. I also have the purify pills too.

[@lunarminx]

I also refill glass bottles and jars, mine are in ambient light, no direct sunlight. The darker the room the better. I have a ton of brown 1/5 of root beer schnapp bottles filled, that's perfect.

[@Bob-lq9ys]

Those #10 cans. How fast do you have to use them?

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Depends. White rice, rolled oats, wheat berries, pasta, potato flakes, dried onions, you've got 6 months to a year. Plenty of time to use them up.

[@curtispavlovec]

@@TheProvidentPrepperThat is once they are opened correct? The shelf life sealed should be at least 10 years if not longer.

[@Bob-lq9ys]

@@TheProvidentPrepper Thank You

[@Bob-lq9ys]

@@curtispavlovec Yes once opened

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

@@curtispavlovec Oh yes! Sorry about that. Rolled Oats, White Rice, Wheat Berries, Potato Flakes, etc. have a 25-30 year shelf life in an unopened #10 can stored at room temperature.

[@Dale-TND]

I need to find a mormon girl who is into prepping lol

[@pagevpetty]

And when storing stuff-- keep in mind earthquakes ;)

[@MosaicHomestead]

I only keep 6 months max, food degrades faster in hot climates.