Free Survival Food!

To kick off my new online store, I'm giving away a 72 hour meal kit which retails for $69.35 when you include shipping.  My store sells it for $36.00 delivered! 

That's six pouches of Wise Foods' freeze-dried food- very similar to Mountain House's camping pouches.  I'm relying on word of mouth to get this started.

All you have to do are 3 things:

1) Go to http://www.year-supply.com/ and leave me a message in the Contact Us section about how much you'd like to win this drawing.
2) Respond to this post with why you think Wise Foods would be a good investment or why someone should buy from me (preferably after you check out the website).
3) Tell someone else! (links are provided at the bottom of the post to help you)

The drawing will be held in three weeks time to give everyone enough time to enter the drawing.  The winner will be announced on this blog and contacted by the e-mail provided in the Contact Us form on the website. This offer is good to U.S. and Canadian residents only.

Good Luck!

Storing food with 5 gallon buckets

A word about storing your food in 5 gallon buckets. I did most of my storage in buckets. There are advantages as well as disadvantages for doing so.

Advantages: easy to transport and store. The lids are re-sealable. The 5 gallons does not represent a huge amount of food (if it were to get weevils) compared to larger storage units. After the bucket is empty, you can use a 5 gal bucket for lots of things.

Disadvantages: plastic is not perfect. Mice and rats can get into it. It may break if you put too much weight in it. It may not store food as well as other containers (leak O2 into it).

So, if you decide to store using buckets, here's the best way to do it. Use dry ice. Take a small amount (golf-ball size) and put it in the bottom of the bucket, fill up your wheat or beans and then put the lid on lightly. It will "burp" for some time. After the burping stops, seal the lid tight.

I used tamper evident lids and I am happy with the results. Be sure to label your bucket with its contents BEFORE you put the lid on.

Note: I did the majority of my storage in these buckets, but I also have many, many cases of #10 cans. I didn't want to put all my eggs in one basket- just in case. Also, the #10 cans are smaller units and better for charity/barter.

Good luck