Creating a supply of emergency food with a long shelf life is essential for survival prepping. With a hefty supply of emergency food, you can be ready to keep yourself and your family fed during disruptions to your food supply, like food shortages, natural disasters, or full-blown SHTF scenarios. Â
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that severe global food shortages are already here. The world is experiencing the greatest number of people going hungry since World War II, according to The World Food Programme (WFP).Â
Spam is a divisive meat product—either you love it or hate it. But, regardless of what side of the fence you’re on, Spam is an iconic canned meat product. For many, the image of a Spam can is seared into their memory banks.Â
For most of us, our emergency food supply consists of shelf-stable food staples and processed foods with long shelf lives that can easily be cooked or prepared without having to go to the store. For example, it’s common to have a pantry full of canned soups and meat products, pickled vegetables, canned fruits, jams, jellies, and bulk items like rice, pasta, flour, and beans.
Disaster preparedness is more than just worrying. It’s about taking practical steps to prepare you and your family for the worst-case scenario, like surviving the apocalypse. A full-blown apocalyptic event is admittedly unlikely—however, we still prep, because once it happens, it’s too late to get ready!Â
Everyone knows that preparing emergency food for natural disasters and SHTF scenarios makes sense, but sometimes, it’s unclear how to begin prepping. Should you grow a garden and preserve your harvest? Should you go to Walmart and buy everything on the shelves?
If you are like us, you enjoy the occasional hypothetical survival situation to keep you on your toes and thinking. Well, have you ever considered what food you can live off of?Â
Does peanut butter go bad? The short answer is yes—but not anytime soon. Peanut butter is a great pantry staple, which is why we include it in our prepper supplies at home. We like peanut butter because it tastes good, is nutritional and versatile, and has a reliable shel
In emergency preparedness, we often focus on short-term responses to temporary disasters, for example, surviving a tornado. This makes sense because short-term disasters are much more prevalent. But we cannot forget about apocalypse prep.Â
The long-term shelf life of food relies directly upon where the food is kept, and the storage containers responsible for protecting the food. Therefore, long-term food storage containers and a location that remains cool, dry, and dark are essential for adequate long-term food storage. You simply cannot have one without the other.
One of the most considerable barriers for beginner preppers is the financial aspect. Prepping on a budget is hard. We know that it can be challenging to allocate additional funds for prepping emergency supplies amongst the other expenses we pay for daily, weekly, and monthly living.
If SHTF and your location becomes unsafe, you may need to grab your bug-out bag and evacuate. Ideally, you’ll already have prepped bags, designated evacuation routes, and a safe bug-out location waiting for you.
