Gear Stoves Techniques Food Storage Arms Remington 870 12ga Taurus PT92 9mm Norinko MAK-90 Ruger 10/22 Links Help provide for the common defense! Bushmaster73, the blog Modern Survival blog	Food Storage Storing food is one of the most important things that you can do for your family in case of a crisis. I moved to Utah with my family last year, and most every house in this state has food storage space, witch puts me ahead of the game when it comes to a place to put all that food that I'm storing. Another great thing about Utah is that just about every grocery store around here has case-lot sales where you can buy whole cases of non perishable foods at a time. If you live in a state that has case-lot sales, take full advantage of them. When you go to the grocery store, pick up some extra cans or boxes and put them away, don't use them until you have more to replace what you're using. You should plant a garden, it's not too hard, then again, it's not the easiest thing that I've ever done in my life either. We tried to grow things last summer when we lived in Las Vegas, NV. It's very hard to grow ANYTHING in the desert when daytime temperatures are getting well over 100 every day. When we moved to North Ogden our new house didn't have a garden, so we had to put one in ourselves after the spring thaw, making it so that we had a bit of a late start. Even with the late start we still had a pretty good yield. If you don't have the space for a full sized garden you can always do "container" gardening. Here I have a tomato plant, strawberries, thyme, oregano, cilantro and other herbs in small barrels and planters. The planters can even be easily made out of scrap wood that you have around your house or yard. Another good idea is to have super long term foods. Things like MREs and Freeze Dried foods. Although the freeze dried foods are probably a better option. They're much lighter and can have up to a 30 year shelf life. Get both #10 cans and smaller serving sizes as well. The #10 cans are great when you're serving your family, or when you're just eating at home. When you need to bug out though, or you're going camping, it's easier to carry the smaller pouches.