Can Sealer-Can and Seal your dry goods. Utah Company.

 Some may wonder how important this page is. We live in a society that is like a chain. Break one link and the chain loses its ability to hold together. Civilization is more fragile then people realize. Once things fall apart food may become one of the hardest things to come by. Thus keeping, preserving and preventing your food from spoiling are all essential issues.

1 Stop Food Storage-How long can you store food? This company says their food will last up to 15 years.

Canning and Preserving for Dummies-Canning and preserving are methods used for protecting food from spoilage so that the edibles may be used at a later time. Some preserving methods, like drying, date back to ancient times. Canning is the most popular preserving method used today. The most commonly canned foods are jam, jelly, fruit spreads, vegetables, and tomato sauce.

Canning Basics-If you live at sea level or at higher elevations the time and temperature you can food will vary.

Canning Food Recipes-How to site on canning your own food.

Canning Pantry-You can pick up supplies here and read articles on several methods of food preservation.

Compressed Gas Technology-On site Nitrogen gas creation for storage of your own food. (also O2 Generators)

Drying food with the sun-Countryside Magazine provides several articles including the benefits of using the sun.

FDA-Provides a huge amount of information for food products in question form. Excellent resource.

Foodlink-Guide to food safety. UK

Food Storage and recipe ideas for the very basic food groups from the LDS church.

Food Storage Articles-How to incorporate your stored food into your everyday meals and other interesting reports.

Food Storage Calculations-Helps you know what the basics for survival are based on various factors such as age or amount. Walton Site

Food Storage FAQ-Survivalist site has some excellent information on storing food and what to know.

Food Storage in the Home-Maintaining the quality and reducing waste.

How Stuff Works-Various methods used for preserving foods.

Keeping your food cold-What do you do when electricity is scarce and you have to keep the food cold? Here are some tips from Backwoods Home Magazine.

Modern-Glasteel underground storage tanks. Put in them what you will.

Ohio State University-Do you know how to store canned food? Also on preserving food for special diets.

Preserve Food-Provides a variety of information on how to can, freeze, dry and even vacuum seal your vegetables, herbs, fruits, meats and grains.

The Safest Plastics for Food Storage-Don't get caught using Styrofoam.

Solar Chimney Dehydrator-There is more then one way to dehydrate a vegetable. Here are some simple plans to create your own dehydrator that will hold ten trays.

Three Year Sandwich stuck on Peanut Butter-The military will succeed but how will the peanut butter sandwich really taste 3 years later?

Your Food Storage-If the 'system' stops how will you get your food?

Zerust-From NTI-Among the uses for this anti-rusting product is its use in metal food containers and processing equipment.

Food Storage & Pantry Planner (FSPP software) is designed to that end. In a non-panic manner, you can buy, store, and rotate the foods your body is accustomed to eating.

7 Mistakes of Food Storage-Backwoods Home Magazine provides some essential information.

Searching for canning supplies? As an 'expert' garage saler I have found more jars, tins, lids etc at garage sales then anywhere else. I would be careful though when purchasing a kettle to hold the jars. Two purchases I made turned out to have tiny holes in them. Better to buy this part new as not every garage seller is totally honest and forthcoming unfortunately. The good news is the kettles make great planters.

Food Acidity The acidity level, or pH, of foods determines whether they should be processed in a boiling water canner or pressure canner. The lower the pH, the more acidic the food. Miss Vickie