I have always been of the prepping mindset, but recently with events happening in the world, I feel an urgency to get my house in order. We don't have a lot of space in our house (with 5 kids) so we started putting our food storage under our house. We are finally getting to where I don't feel so helpless if something were to happen. I have learned to can chicken, beef, peaches, pear sauce, and applesauce to name a few. I feel so prepared to know that I have the equipment to can my own food and the experience to know what my family likes and will eat if we had to live solely off our food storage. As we all can see, there can be any number of disasters, man made or natural, that can cause a contamination of our food and water supply. I feel strongly that more of us need to know the basics of canning so we can preserve our own food and not rely on the Government to regulate this for us. We have discovered the Food Saver that allows us to store dried goods in canning jars and so we have expanded our foods to include cookies, M & M's crackers, etc. I feel it is important to have foods that are the norm right now for my family stored away to use in a crisis, as well as wheat, oats and beans, that we are counseled to have.

I am so grateful for the Preparedness Pro in teaching us to be more self reliant. I have applied many of her ideas and incorporated them into our preparedness efforts. Thank you!

C.F.

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