Long Term Food Storage

Instead of an earthquake, flood or ice storm, it was the loss of a job or a family illness. Then, without the added worry of how to put food on the table, these folks were able to use the canned, dehydrated and freeze-dried food they had collected against a disaster to feed their family.

At Survival-Homestead.com the emphasis has always been on how to prepare for long term food storage and disaster options with a reasonable budget. We are happy to evaluate a variety of emergency survival foods along with our readers who participate in reader product reviews. Healthy, nutritious foods come in food-grade buckets that are easy to transport, easy to store, and are dependable to protect the mylar food pouches for years to come. Meals are vegetarian, fortified with vitamins and minerals, and guaranteed to remain tasty and nutritious for a minimum of 20 years when stored properly. Of course, temperature, humidity and light are factors that affect any type of long term food storage products. Reasonable care must be taken, but once the area is set up, it takes almost no effort to maintain an excellent food storage program for years to come. That peace of mind was always worth is when we were growing up and the day we needed to use the products we actually had fun. Everything was good after two decades of the products we purchased back then. And the security knowing we had food to last through a difficult period made the money we spent years ago worth the long term food storage program we selected.

Where does the budget come in? Can you buy 275 servings for under $150? Yes!

Is there a survival food that delivers a wide variety of delicious vegetarian meals? Yes!

Is there a survival food that packs 275 servings in a single, easy to store or grab and go, five-gallon bucket? Yes!

When stored at optimal conditions for long term food storage, does Emergency Survival Food store for 20+ year? Yes!

Compare to Dehydrated/Freeze Dried

At one survival preparedness website, we found a deal where you can get 18 #10 cans of dehydrated or freeze dried entrees, approximately 180 one-cup servings for a bargain price of $942, after a $200 discount! Thats enough food for one person to eat two servings per day and last, according to their figures a total of 6 months. However, when I do the figures of two meals per day out of a food package containing 180 servings, I come up with about 90 daysor three months! Is that a bargain? You decide. As far as convenience for storage or grab-n-go, this product is ideal.

Compare MREs

Next we looked at MREs, and while a single MRE includes crackers, tea or coffee, PB&J or cheese spread, a dessert, plus a heater, they are definitely more expensive; over $80 for 12 meals. At three meals a daythats four days! At that price, how much would you spend to get 275 meals? How about over $1800!

Compare to Popular

Then we checked one of the most popular and highly recommended freeze-dried emergency foods on the market today. While the food is delicious and nutritious, a 45-day supply of food for one person having three, 1-cup servings per day, runs well over $500.

One-Cup Servings

Lets look at the one-cup servings. Most people are not going to be able to survive on three one-cup servings per day. Instead, they will eat approximately 2 cups at each meal. The Emergency Survival Food comes in foil packets containing five one cup servings. So two people could have three good meals per day and only go thru three foil packages. Since a bucket contains 55 foil packages, one bucket will feed two people for 18 days, at a cost of about $150 when purchased from the manufacturer. That freeze dried survival food package mentioned above that cost over $500 will only feed two people three 2-cup servings per day for about eleven days.

Family-Friendly

As mentioned, most people are going to need to eat at least two servings per meal in order to maintain the activity levels required by many survival situations. A single bucket containing 275 one-cup servings will last one person for 90 days, if they stick to eating just a single serving at each meal. However, if you have a family, and anticipate increased physical activity, you will need more than one bucket. A family of four, eating two meals per day, and 2-cup servings per person, is going to go thru 24 servings per day. A single 275 bucket will provide 11-20 days of nutritious meals.

Cost Difference

The 180 one-cup servings, the cost per serving is $5.23.
Long term food storage MREs 12 meals for $80, the cost per serving is $6.66

Popular freeze-dried food, 135 servings at $500, the cost per serving is $3.70.

Emergency Survival Food, 275 servings for $140, per serving cost is .54 cents.

We Can Better the Price

Survival Homestead has worked out a deal with the manufacturer of the Emergency Survival Food, which means that instead of paying the manufacturers price of $149.95 to $165.00, we are going to give you a bargain.

By buying the Food for Health food buckets from us, l we give you the absolutly best price with FREE shipping!

Thats right. FREE shipping! By purchasing your long term food storage buckets from us, we will pay for the shipping!

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