Eat What You Store And Store What You Eat

7 Reasons Why Food Storage Is Important

1. Small local farmers and homegrown gardens, once sources for food to eat or can are all but gone.
2. Most of our food is grown in regions other than our own and in fact much of our food comes from outside the U.S.
3. At any given time the average supermarket only has about 3 to 4 days worth of food stock.
4. This supply of food will disappear in hours in emergency or disaster situations.
5. We live in perilous times and the network of food production and distribution can be disrupted by computer failures, terrorist attacks, and inclement weather or crop failures.
6. If the distribution pipeline isn't resumed quickly people will have to rely on themselves.
7. Preparation is better than panic.

For most people, panic is the norm. They wait until the last minute even if advance warning has been received. The preparation starts when the snow starts falling, when the hurricane is a day away, or when the river starts to overflow its banks. It doesn't have to be this way. We buy insurance for our home, our car and our lives but something as essential as food - we often leave overlooked. Storing extra food is another kind of insurance and can see us through any disruption of our food supply.

Extensive information on emergency food and water supplies can be found on the Internet through sites like, www.fema.gov/library/emfdwtr.shtm. Fema recommends that "As you stock up on food take into account your family's unique needs and tastes. Try to include foods that they will enjoy and are also high in calories and nutrition. Foods that require no refrigeration, preparation or cooking are best."

Commercially canned foods will go along way in meeting these recommendations and a Pharaoh's Storehouse system will eliminate any problem associated with storing canned foods. Wasted food and messy cupboards are a thing of the past as all systems automatically stack and rotate cans in a minimum amount of space. You will always be able to accommodate your budget because your system can be filled all-at-once or a few cans at a time. Once it is filled inventory at-a-glance allows you to easily maintain your planned amount of food. Now you can eat what you store and store what you eat.