Question from Terry
Hi Debra, Re: Disaster Food Storage
I have been searching for a reputable company that sells organic freeze dried fruit and vegetables to be used if we have a disaster e.g. major earthquake. Someday maybe I’ll have the time to learn to dehydrate fruits & vegetables but right now I need to stock up. Most of the freeze dried food mixtures are loaded with salt. Any information would be welcome. Thank You & Happy Holidays
Debra’s Answer
Have you checked out the Survive2Thrive 40 Days and Nights Organic Preparedness Pail? It contains wholefoods and superfoods like beans and quinoa rather than prepared foods that contain salt.
www.amazon.com/Survive2thrive-Organic-40-day-Nutrition-Emergency/dp/B009V9W24I
Another place to look is www.prepsos.com, which has prepackaged kits but also individual foods stored to last 20 years.
But rather than buy someone else’s idea of what you should eat, I would suggest getting your own foods and packaging them properly. It’s suggested for emergency supplies that you rotate them out into your regular meal plans, anyway.
For example, there are foods I always have on hand, like nuts and beans. When the beans run down, I buy more, so I always have a couple of pounds of half a dozen different types of beans.
Here is the contents of the Survive2Thrive box:
Maximum Vitality Partners, http://www.mvpontheweb.com, has freeze-dried vegetables, fruits, and cheese of great quality and will last up to 7 years in storage.
Debra,
I’m curious what you use to store these foods in. I’ve been looking for glass cannisters, but I haven’t been able to verify which, if any, don’t contain lead.
Thanks!
COMMENT FROM DEBRA:
To the best of my knowledge, no glass food storage containers contain lead. The only glass that contains lead says it contains lead, such as “lead crystal.” The lead is added to make the glass sparkle when it is faceted. I buy canning jars of various types and sizes for food storage. These are specifically designed for food storage.