Contributed by Jennifer Dawson Norway is going to spend $6 million annually to stockpile grains saying that the pandemic, war in Europe, and climate change have made it necessary to do so. If a country is stockpiling food, one wonders whether households should also store food in the event of emergencies. Granted that governments stockpile to access a 3-month food supply for its people...
Food Storage Tips
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HOW TO BUILD AN EMERGENCY AND FOOD STORAGE SUPPLY
Build Your Food Storage You may be wondering why you should store food or other items “just-in-case” there’s an emergency. Many of us have a difficult time imagining the type of situation that would require emergency preparedness items or dehydrated and/or freeze dried food, especially if we have never experienced an emergency situation that would have used such items... -
Let Go!
Contributed by RL 2 person 72 hour kit It’s starting to melt! There is even some lawn showing in the yard and if I am not mistaken there is a hint of green on the borders by the house of that lawn. The sun comes out and the birds sing. There’s mud. You can hear the geese as they flock... -
The Ritual of a Haircut
Contributed by RL It’s funny how we are all different in our own ways. When one is at the barber, while waiting your turn, if you are not reading a magazine you are watching those who come into the shop who also want to get a haircut. Lots of times those who come in are people you know and it... -
Food Storage through the Years
Contributed by RL Since Adam and Eve, there has been a constant effort to make life better and richer here on this earth for our children. One of the first things that made life better was to preserve food for later use. This helped us to have food year round not just in the plenty of harvest or when one... -
Freeze Dried Food: A Simple Solution to America's Food Problem
Contributed by Jennifer Dawson The NRDC reports that Americans waste 40% of all food - that’s the equivalent of practically throwing almost half of all purchased food straight into the garbage. With this growing trend of food waste, many are seeking timely ways in which they can preserve food in a meaningful way and save on the expense of waste. Purchasing... -
Stretching Your Dehydrated Food Stock: Making Supplies Last
Contributed by Jennifer Dawson Freeze-dried foods are considered to be the best type of dehydrated food due to the fact that their texture and taste are retained after rehydration. If you’ve got a rainy day food stock, you’ll likely already understand the benefits of being able to make certain foods last well past the traditional expiration period. Seeing as these types of... -
Why Home & Food Storage?
Contributed by RL Freeze dried 1 Year Food Pak This past week we had some free-lance writers visiting us at Rainy Day Foods. They were fascinated with our process of and the fact that we take freeze dried, dehydrated and dried food and package them into 6 gallon buckets and can them into #10 and #2.5 cans for long term... -
Sproutmaster
June Rainy Day Specials are Sprouting Seeds. If you want to try to sprout we have our Sprout Master kit on sale The Sproutmaster single sprout master kit with 2 lids . Each package has an extra lid so that the unit may be used as a crisper. A handy kit to use to sprout your sprouting seeds. A handy... -
Shelf Life of Food Storage
"Are the cans and buckets I have in my food storage supply still good?" This question is one our customer service representatives get asked often. Although many people have heard that food storage will last for 20 years or more, it is not entirely accurate. Some foods will have a longer shelf life than others and there are variables that...