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Why have latter-day
prophets counseled Church members to build up a food storage? Find out
why, what to store, where to get the money, and if you should share your
food storage in this four part article.
What to Store in
your Food Storage
The Church recommends
that we store at least two weeks worth of water per person, and a year's
supply of food, clothing, and fuel, if possible, in our Food Storage.
Our food storage should contain what we would eat, and if we don't currently
eat the items we should try to incorporate them into our diets. Start
with the basics and then work from there to build up your food storage.
- "We
continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and
where possible fuel for at least one year. We have not laid down an
exact formula for what should be stored. However, we suggest that members
concentrate on essential foods that sustain life, such as grains, legumes,
cooking oil, powdered milk, salt, sugar or honey, and water. Most families
can achieve and maintain this basic level of preparedness. The decision
to do more than this rests with the individual.
"We encourage
you to follow this counsel with the assurance that a people prepared
through obedience to the commandments of God need not fear." (Home
Storage: Build on the Basics, Ensign, June 1989, 39)
See the following articles
for help and guidelines in purchasing, storing, and preserving your food
storage:
- Home
Food Storage: Build on the Basics, Ensign, June 1989,
39
- Storing
Fats and Oils by Oscar A. Pike, Ensign, June 1999, 71
- Update
on Milk Storage, Ensign, Mar. 1997, 70
- Frugal
Food Storage by Colleen Hansen, Ensign, Jan. 1993, 73-74
- Taking
the Bite out of Food Storage by Pam Taylor, Ensign, Mar.
1992, 72
See the following links
for more Food Storage/Emergency Preparedness help:
Next page >
Where Do I Get the Money for Food Storage?
> Page 1, 2, 3,
4
Don't miss this other
Food Storage article, "Food
Storage - It's Like Laundry"
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