If you’re just getting started in emergency preparedness, I have a book that might help you get going. Well, actually the cute girls over at Food Storage Made Easy have a book. I’ve been following their blog for a long time and believe me, these ladies were once beginners just like everyone else. It wasn’t even that long ago! And, wanting to decrease the learning curve for the rest of us, and being amazingly talented at organizing, they put together an e-book they call the Food Storage Made Easy Binder. It looks like this (or a little uglier if I put it together):
Inside the binder are instructions for putting it together–follow the instructions–the binder is super organized if you put it together right. Inside are 10 “Babysteps” to getting started with your food storage covering the basics on everything from shelving to water, wheat, beans, fruits/veggies, and non-foods.
There are food storage recipes, tips on storing food in small spaces (like the houses we’ve always lived in), and forms and checklists for everything from shopping for food storage to emergency plans to building a 72 hour kit. Most of the information is somewhere on their blog, but this handy book gets it all together in one place, AND gets you to print it out so you’ll have it available even in an emergency.
It is formatted really nicely and matches the pink/green look of their blog. You manly folks can print it in grayscale if you don’t want a pink book. ;)
Although the binder covers a lot of topics and has a section devoted to creating an emergency plan, the primary focus is on food storage. The binder is a perfect starter book for getting prepared and also has some great ideas even the old pros should be able to use. If you know someone who has shown an interest in getting some food stored, the Food Storage Made Easy Binder also makes a great gift. And they offer a 30 day money back guarantee just in case you don’t absolutely love it.
To put the binder together you’ll also need:
A set of 5 dividers
Another set of 10 dividers
A binder (1″ is okay if you print on both sides of the paper (which I didn’t) and don’t plan on adding any extra pages (which you easily could as you found more information about beans or water storage or any other food storage topic), otherwise you’ll want something a bit larger)
A 3 hole punch to punch your pages after they’re printed
Enough ink to print the whole thing
That’s it. It really is easy.
Keep preparing! Angela
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I have been a big fan of food storage made easy for about 2 years and always wanted one of their binders. Pick me !
I am a fan of Food Storage Made Easy and would love one of their binders. Trying to learn as much as I can, and prepare as much as I can also.
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this.
I would be excited to have one of your binders on food storage. It is good of you to offer this help on a much needed subject. Thanks so much.