Food Simplicity
Why over-complicate Food during a disaster or in crisis situations? When mitigating through a natural disaster, time for food preparation usually is limited and tends to be an afterthought when dealing with the surrounding chaos. Make sure you are ready for anything with our food simplicity help guidelines.
Basic Food Preparation Information
A disaster can easily disrupt the food supply at any time, so plan to have an extended period supply of food on hand. Keeping foods that have a long storage life, require little or no cooking, water, or refrigeration in case utilities are disrupted is essential. Depending on who is in your home, special needs may be required for babies, elders, and other individuals. When storing emergency food, check the expiration dates on canned foods and dry mixes. Home-canned food usually needs to be cycled through yearly. Certain storage conditions can enhance the shelf life of canned or dried foods, the ideal location is a cool, dry, dark place with a temperature ranging from 50 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Protect food from rodents and insects, items stored in boxes or in paper cartons will keep longer if they are heavily wrapped or stored in waterproof, airtight containers.
