Newbie Prepper Step 9 - Building Long-Term Survival Food Supply 

New to prepping? Let's get started: Newbie Prepper: Ten Simple Steps to Get Started theprovidentprepper.org/newbie-prepper-ten-simple-steps-to-get-started/ Newbie Prepper Playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLtNB2WBBVNWnrZA6dV8KJRv4tHDGrn-QA An inexpensive place to purchase basic dry goods in #10 cans ready for storage is at a Home Storage Center operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints providentliving.churchofjesuschrist.org/food-storage/home-storage-center-locations-map?lang=eng Links discussed in the video: **Valley Food Storage (good option for "clean" food storage) alnk.to/6mJGeVp **Ready Hour Food Storage bit.ly/3V7aj5p **Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer bit.ly/3hb9CpX **Wallaby Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers bit.ly/3fmgEqD. Use the promo code PROVIDENT5 for $5 off. **Food Data Central (for moisture content) fdc.nal.usda.gov/index.html Reading Assignments at TheProvidentPrepper.org : Long Term Food Storage: Creative Solutions to Build a Critical Asset theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-creative-solutions-to-build-a-critical-asset/ 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/ How to Safely Use Oxygen Absorbers to Extend the Shelf Life of Long Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/how-to-safely-use-oxygen-absorbers-to-extend-the-shelf-life-of-long-term-food-storage/ Long Term Food Storage: Best Containers and Treatment Methods theprovidentprepper.org/long-term-food-storage-best-containers-and-treatment-methods/ 3 Months' Supply of Food: Amazing Peace of Mind theprovidentprepper.org/3-months-supply-of-food-amazing-peace-of-mind/ The Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Food Storage theprovidentprepper.org/the-difference-between-short-term-and-long-term-food-storage/ 8 Food Storage Enemies and How to Slay Them theprovidentprepper.org/8-food-storage-enemies-and-how-to-slay-them/ Food Storage “How and Where” Action Plan theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage/ theprovidentprepper.org/the-provident-prepper/action-plan-food-storage-how-and-where/ Homework Set a realistic goal to start building your long-term food supply. Remember ... slow and steady wins the race. We NEVER encourage anyone to go into debt to purchase food storage or tools. You can do this very inexpensively if you get creative and aren't afraid to work hard. Thanks for being part of the solution! TheProvidentPrepper.org is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This site also participates in other affiliate programs and is compensated for referring traffic and business to these companies.

Dry pet food is tricky: lots of oils so it goes rancid more quickly, so rotate, rotate, rotate! I'm overbuying wet and dry whenever I can find it 'cuz of shortages in stores. Between the indoor bunch and the outdoor yard cats, I'm feeding-watering 45-ish cats twice a day. We can drop back to once a day (half rations) without too much upsetness, but because winter is coming I like to feed full rations to put on weight for the cold. The good news is we got everybody spayed/neutered so no more kittens! Yes, I spayed-neutered 40-plus cats. Don't ask, LOL. Thank you so much for the primer on long term storage. Even us seasoned preppers can learn a thing or two, I'd bet.

Pressure canned venison. Bought my All American Pressure Canner approx 20 years ago and it’s been a wonderful investment.

My favorite long-term storage food item? It would be Mt. House Scrambled Eggs with Bacon in the Mylar pouches. Closely followed by #10 cans of hominy grits and cans of butter powder. I really like a traditional breakfast of buttered grits with a side of scrambled eggs. Sure, I have plenty of wheat grain, rolled oats, dried legumes and powdered milk in my food storage, but the occasional breakfast of grits and eggs could be very good for my morale.

I also must eat a clean diet to stay healthy. It is a daily fight to get the best food in. I believe it is easier for people to save the best quality foods if they know how to cook from scratch. If I had to give just one piece of advice for prepping a good food stockpile is to learn ASAP how to cook from scratch. The food stored can then be the less expensive single ingredient options that when combined with others will provide superior nutritional value.

I like to stick my freshly washed and air dried containers into my dehydrator for a half hour just to make sure they're completely dry before storing dry goods in them. Kinda like my insurance. ☺️

My favorite is the Emergency Essentials White Cheddar Mac and Cheese. I actually eat this all the time. So good!

Should talk about the getting a plastic bucket lid wrench for people that have problems with opening lids (heck, even the pickle jars! Though, they are not the same kind of wrenches.) Great info! Thank you! 😀

My favorite food I have in my food supply is probably potato flakes.

We have always had a winter pantry which includes long term and short term storage items. We have ordered from LDS and were very happy and wish they would expand their product line to include more dehydrated vegetables. We found a great resource for cases of dehydrated vegetables at Rainy Day Foods. They also sell dehydrated meats, grains, spices, dairy/cheese and much more. The prices are higher than LDS as is the shipping but they do have discount codes that cut off a bit and have sales periodically. We loaded up prior to the CV shutdown in December 2018 after a prompting from The Good Lord and were blessed to have done so in light of the shutdowns and resulting shortages. Keeping a stocked pantry is very important. It can save you if you can't work due to illness/accident/job loss or a weather emergency where you can't be on the roads or extended power outage. Remember to have an alternative cooking source. A small tabletop charcoal grill is sufficient to cook and twigs can be used for fuel making it an affordable alternative. We see them at thrift stores and yard sales all the time for $1-2 even the sturdier hibatchi type which are sturdier.

The study you mentioned is why veggies (even ones we don't like + greens) are so important. Carbs, but Also nutrient dense.

Thanks for the wonderful presentation. Another thumbs up as usual. I have been storing food for ages and been doing it wrong for ages. I have just now started putting food in mylar bags and using oxygen absorbers. My parents never used either one and I was doing it the way they did it all my life. Today I'm going to check my cocoa powder and other things to see how they're doing and rotate them out. Being a diabetic I have some sugar stored- Life without sweets is not life- but I also have some Stevia (processed not home grown) and was wondering how to store that properly. In all honesty, I would die if I couldn't have pineapple in some form at least once a week. When I could find them for 50- 99 cents each I purchased 8 of them and didn't know what to do with them. So I canned, rings, tidbits and crushed pineapple. I'm hoping the price (wishful thinking) will come down again so I can can more because I only have 1 pint of crushed pineapple and 7 pints of tidbits left from a total of 36 pints. I was blessed, to get so much because my Husband and oldest son went to the store and purchased a bunch for me later that day- they know my weakness for pineapple.

Canned goods at my off grid cabin in Northern MN freeze all winter. Condensed soups separate but recombine with cooking. Tomatoes, corn, no effect at all in cans. Bottles are a problem. Some like wine, will pop the cork out. Some can freeze and crack if in glass but not plastic. I only rarely have a can break a seal. Very rare. Fast freezing is a problem, throwing food in a freezer. Slow freezing, in a cabin, is really slow, works fairly well. Food lasts so much longer in cold.

QOTD for me it's dehydrated hashbrowns and baking cocoa. so many versatile things to do with both. but for everyday usage it's the dehydrated peppers and onions. When I was in my early teens we bought a house from an elderly LDS couple and they left behind some of their storage. The onions and peppers were my absolute favorite for cooking and still are. That was my very first exposure to food storage and I've been hooked since. They also left behind some wheat which I had no idea at the time what to do with so I tried (and failed) to cook it like rice. And now for my question of the day, can grains and legumes stored in a low oxygen environment sprout? I know my popcorn can but if worse comes to worse it would be nice to know that the beans, wheat, etc. could also be replicated. Being urban I admit to not having the space right now to experiment to find out. Of course being urban as well I feel one of my biggest hurdles is a sustainable resupply plan.

My comfort food is coffee first thing in the morning. I've only started the "assigned reading". Wow the info is phenomenal. Thank you for sharing so much!

#10 cans are a good way to build long-term. long shelf lives and many of them are reasonably priced. plain chocolate is a good comfort food and keeps for years if you store it right (think plain m&m's in mason jars)

This is a primary resource video. I will refer back to it frequently. (And I have a whole bunch of your videos already saved)

Great info!! I have been going to organize my storage for a long time and still haven't gotten around to it. I am sure I have a well rounded diet stored but my tastes have changed since I am on my own and older. I have also developed some food sensitivities. So I need to go through my storage and get rid of things I can' est anymore and put in more that I can eat and like! This video has gotten me motivated!! Thank you so much!

Great information. Thank you for sharing this knowledge and tips. All very important. I appreciate your videos. Happy trails!

Great as usual! It’s good to be reminded of the importance of storing food properly. I hope y’all have a great 🦃Day!🙏💜🙋🏻‍♀️NW GA

In the past three weeks our household has made a drastic change in diet (medical). While I felt I was covered, time to make adjustments. Always a curve ball I life.

Rice is my number one favorite because it is cheap, and can be used in so many ways, and can store for a very very long time.

You're the best!!! Made me review my preps that I've already put back.

Buying these #10 cans in boxes, I would have to consume them regularly to rotate them. I would forget about them and rediscover the stored food 10 years later. To me after 10 years the food is not fresh. Also, I live in a suburb, I dont have a cabin somewhere, looting and violence will happen when the social order breaks out and my stores will be stolen. I will prep to a certain extent, for 3 months, maybe 6 but that is it. I dont want to waste food and money. I only have the basement to store and nowadays with the immense downpour that we get, basements can be flooded and I would lose all the prepping. I garden and preserve some of the produce, it is what I can do.

Such a great video! I'm trying to work out the best FIFO system for my canned goods and packaged foods. I want my husband to build a wall can rotator system for under the bar. It would really free up room in the pantry. I was really interested in that study you mentioned. Very interesting. I wish we could afford a freeze dryer, but that's not in our budget at the moment. So, we just have to make due with what we can afford.

Love your video! Thank you so much!!!

We have LDS churches in Australia but we have no food supply shop shops that I know.

For long term food storage For Protein, fat and long term storage and just straight up calorie density Traditionally made Pemmican!!!!

love your videos!!!!!

I love your videos and look forward to each and every new one that you post. Thank you for sharing what you have learned, I can only imagine the amount of time that it takes to create one of your videos. Your efforts are very much appreciated! I have a question about the BYU and TACDA recommended food lists. Is there somewhere that one can find information on how the items that are recommended by these places are to be combined and prepared? I am sure that these lists have been thoroughly thought out with meal plans in mind. I am still trying to figure out how 73 pounds of sugar would be used. I know that I would likely never use that much sugar in a year, so just curious what its intended use would be, as well as some of the other listed items. Oh, and my favorite long term storage food would be oatmeal! I store dried apples, maple syrup and cinnamon just for the purpose of being able to have my daily bowl of oatmeal no matter what the future holds. I also love green tea with honey, lentils and quinoa, so these items are also high on my list of must have items.

Wonderful info! Thank you

Hello, extremely new to this. It’s currently my priority. I do have a question. If we had a catastrophic event, what are your thoughts on being safe in your home. Do you believe you have to have an underground bunker. I think people will start killing each other over food and water. If we are in our homes no matter how much we store are we safe. You most likely have covered this. I am going to look through your videos asap. Thank you so much

Very helpful

Great advice :-)

Excellent review Thank you

Thank you 🙂 One item I'm not clear about is hemp hearts/seeds. I can't find anywhere that mentions how long they can be stored. Does anyone know about these?

I love you guys and your definitely my go to!!! So I’ve started prepping year ago and getting there but these #10 cans are not realistic as far as price I do understand these are your sponsors but they are to costly

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Great vid

Okay so for long term storing in plastic jugs bottles… what about bottles that are number 2 recycle.. almost every one I’ve purchased with drink has 2! Thanks in advance we’ve been using Mylar but looking to stretch our budget a little further and still prep!

Oinions are a great source of vitiamin C.

How do you completely dry those reused bottles? It is always a challenge for me!

average person eats 2000 lbs per year. so 3 months equals about 500 lbs. most pantries filled look like alot

A food shortage in America would be a political event, not a food event. There has NEVER been a famine in America. USA has the best farm land and food supply in the world. I worry about the grid and electric money system. In a power down grid the store can not sell anything without computers. My FAVORED food is wheat for making so many other things or just eating wheat berries. My favorite combination is rice, beans, tomatoes, and corn. Best value, rice and beans.

Question..I am storing wheat berries, rice, oats etc. In mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, buckets. I live in Washington state. My garage gets cold but rarely freezes but I fight moisture. Do you think the buckets would be ok in garage? Running out of room in the house. Thanks! Love your channel!

Sadly, I'm the only person on board with a "prepper pantry", for food insurance and peace of mind, in my family. My daughter is beginning to understand how important this is to me, especially with the world food supply threatened now. However, my husband thinks I'm overreacting and it'll be fine if we just stock up on a few more cans in the pantry. We have an old dehydrator and we are able to can and freeze. Is there a prepper book that you recommend? I'm working on the Newbie Prepper steps and reading the articles, but I feel as though I need more in-my-hands information.

I remember that you use some type of computer spp to keep track of your storage. What is that app/program?

I just opened some white rice I had vaccumed sealed 10months ago and it has a rancid smell?? It was still sealed, stored in a black tote in a wardrobe 🤷. I thought white rice can be stored indefinitely when stored correctly.

Kylene, how do you feel about 4Patriots survival food! I’d really like to know if you would recommend it! I really appreciate your videos! Been prepping somewhat since 2020!☺️

Kylene I haven’t been watching your channel very long. I have noticed that you have mentioned a few times that you need to eat gluten free. My daughter just found out that she is also gluten free. What can she do and where can so go for recipes? What kind of flour does she use? I’m a concerned mom and trying to help her.

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This study is scary- this is what is currently happening to our troops overseas. Supposedly there is not enough food for them at times and their rations where cut to 1500 cal a day. I believe it was done on purpose