LDS leaders have asked members to prepare food storage. This food storage is to be a safe guard in case of emergencies such as a flood, tornado, hurricane etc. and for our own personal security, in case of a time when money might be short such as a layoff or illness.
Members have been asked to prepare a three month storage and then work up to having a year’s supply of food. Many people know this council but just simply are not sure how to go about preparing their food storage. There are many helpful resources online, following is a listing of some of the best resources along with descriptions of the information provided at each site.
General Information
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/1,11677,1706-1,00.html
This link is a part of the LDS Church site and offers council from Church leaders, information about setting up your food storage and a pamphlet. This is a great resource if you are asked to teach a lesson or give a talk about food storage.
Home Food Storage Centers
Home Storage Centers are run by the LDS Church. They are located throughout the United States and Canada and are provided to help members set up their long terms food supplies. Members are asked to work in the centers when they order items.
Home Food Storage Center Order Forms
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,8133-1-4352-1,00.html
Home Food Storage Center Online Sale Items
http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId;=10151&categoryId;=10002&langId;=-1&cg1;=14087&cg2;=&cg3;=&cg4;=&cg5;
Home Food Storage Center Locations
http://providentliving.org/location/map/0,12566,2026-1-4,00.html
Preparing the Three Month Supply
This site has some great tips, ideas and a spreadsheet to help you plan what you need to get for your three month supply.
Storing Water
http://www.providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7534-1-4065-1,00.html
Great resource on how and where to store water.
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/water
The FEMA website offers information on how much water you should store for your family and how to sanitize storage containers.
Preparing a Year’s Supply
http://www.providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,7448-1,00.html
This link, also a part of the LDS Church’s site offers links to information about what foods you should store long term and how you should store them.
Food Storage Calculators
These calculators vary slightly in the types of foods they suggest and the amounts, but with the information they provide, you should have a pretty good idea of what you need to store.
http://providentliving.org/content/display/0,11666,7498-1-4070-1,00.html
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/faq/blcalculator.htm
http://www.thefoodguys.com/foodcalc.html
Sites with Recipes to help you Use your Food Storage
http://everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com/
This is an extremely well put together site with recipes that caters to picky eaters. Many of the recipes use food storage so well that you can’t even tell which is the biggest complaint from most people about using their food storage. There are also many great recipes to help you use excess fruits and vegetables from your garden.
http://lds.about.com/od/preparednessfoodstorage/a/prep_recipes.htm
This site provides eight basic recipes.
http://www.providentliving.org/content/list/0,11664,2017-1,00.html
Recipes prepared by the LDS Church. These recipes are divided into categories such as recipes with oats, recipes with pasta or recipes with powdered milk.
http://beprepared.com/recipes.asp_Q_ai_E_3_A_name_E_Recipes
A Group of recipes divided by the categories breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert recipes.
