Survival Gear for Beginners – Long Term Survival Food Strategy Part 1

There are several things to consider when preparing your survival gear and supplies.

Generally it is a good idea to have both a short term and long term strategy in regard to survival preparedness.

Keep in mind that a preparedness strategy needs to be customized to meet you and your family’s individual needs, in terms of disaster planning, there is no such thing as a one size fits all plan.

We will touch on some basic questions you may want to consider when planning and creating a survival kit.

In regards to a plan you will want to cover all the bases. This means you will want to think about both short term and long term strategies.

In regard to the topic of food/rations:

1.) How many people will you be responsible for feeding?

2.) What types of nutritional requirements do those people need?

3.) Does anyone have any special requirements i.e. vitamins, medication, diabetic?

One of the biggest mistakes in survival preparedness planning is not thinking far enough ahead. It is very important to develop a long term food survival strategy.

Generally when people speak about a long term food supply strategy they are thinking in terms of weeks at bare minimum and more realistically months. The minimum food supply you will want to store for yourself and your family should last 3 weeks. The concept of a maximum food supply does not really exist, the more prepared you are, the better.

There is a significant advantage in obtaining food that is freeze dried; most people prefer freeze dried food vs. alternatives like MRE’s (Meals Ready to Eat).

The advantages to freeze dried food far outweigh alternatives and some of those advantages include more vitamins and minerals, excellent taste and very nutritional. Another advantage is the comfort factor that “real food” will provide in a situation that can cause severe panic.

Freeze dried food is best for these situations as it can be easily prepared but still have good taste close to the original food. It is important to not add stress to an already stressful situation with a poor tasting food supply.

One of the most popular brands of freeze dried food is called Mountain House. The Mountain House brand freeze dried food has a 25 year shelf life. The product comes in #10 cans which store roughly 8 to 10 servings each. It’s important to keep in mind that once opened they will only stay good for a maximum of three weeks.

In the next article I will elaborate on appropriate quantities, storage options and other factors to consider in planning a long term survival gear and food strategy.

In the meantime please do some follow up research on the information presented and become more familiar with the Mountain House brand.

Please feel free to leave questions, comments and concerns as well.