Rising Need for Food Storage

The Office of Homeland Security's National Terror Alert is one of the recent organizations to advise that we plan for times when food Supplies are low . Groups advancing provident living provident living like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) have been urging their members to have a two-years supply on hand now since the middle of the 20th century.
Most of us know in our hearts that it is a good idea to plan for disasters. We have seen the rise of community groups like the Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) that have sprung up all around the country. CERT members train to be able to help individuals in medical emergencies for the two or three days when other emergency assistance may not be able to help in a disaster.

With the focus on this type of help and having a few medical supplies around to take care of our needs, it makes sense that we should have a supply of food on hand as well.
Groups like the Mormons have created good guidelines for how much food is needed and of what type and amount of food to have on hadn. They have published this information in pamphlets and church manuals and articles in their member magazines. This information is readily available by searching for it on the web.
This is a good time to be looking for creative ways to store your 2 years supply of food as well as sharing your experiences and ideas along those lines with others by contributing articles sharing ideas with others as well.

With the price of oil rising there is a definite threat that the trucking industry may be slowed or halted or that the price of food might skyrocket. The important thing is not to panic but to plan and and realize that we are the only ones who secure our health and happiness through emergency food storage planning. We should not focus on the negative, but look at the gathering of food as an enjoyable activity similar to the way we look at securing our financial future.

Sometimes the hardest part is just taking that first step and overcoming inertia. We procrastinate starting because we look at the whole picture and it seems over whelming. If you just start making a plan and and then once a month start adding something to our food storage supply, in a very short time you'll be surprised at how quickly you meet your food storage goals.

"If we think something is impossible, then, consistent with our minds in thinking so, even things possible will become impossible. On the other hand, if we have the confidence that we can definitely do something, we are already one step closer to achieving it." - Daisaku Ikeda

In summary, let's get creative now wit

Karl Bennion is the owner of Pro Food Storage a

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