Food Supply Preservation

The knowledge of how to grow your own food is not enough for the long haul. Food supply preservation has to come into play. Essentially, there are three basic types of food preservation: canning, freezing, and drying. Strategies for survival food often tend to make use of foods that can be dried or freeze dried, to make them easy to carry, and capable of lasting for a long time. Methods of freezing foods and canning foods are really the preferred method for food supply preservation.

We will be adding to this new page of Food Supply Gardening often. We will be sharing on the subject of canning and freezing foods. For now, the plan is to write about the items we are currently processing ourselves. If you have other requests, just email us, and we will be happy to add a segment on that topic.

Food Supply Canning:

Canning Peaches    Canning peaches is a very popular way of preserving a food supply of peaches. Consider 50 quarts a year for a family of four, and you’ll eat well all winter. Learn more…

 

Canning Green Beans  Learning to can green beans is an essential for the food supply gardener. Consider at least a couple of bushels a year, which will make 25-40 quarts of green beans. This is a good amount for a family of four. Learn more ….

Food Supply Freezing:

Freezing peaches  Freezing peaches is a quick and easy way to store your peaches. It is also a good technique for when you don’t have enough peaches to really do some serious canning. A good freezer bag and you are ready to go.  Learn more…