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Food Preservation & Storage Methods

• Essentials of Home Production & Storage (PDF; 34 pgs.)
  (Click on "Essentials of Home Production & Storage" on right side of page.)
  Also available @ www.LDScatalog.com for $1 (LDS Catalog Item #: 32288000)


• Food Storage Inventory Worksheet (PDF; 1 pg.)
• Interactive Food Storage Calculator
• Benson Institute: Having Your Food Storage and Eating It, Too (PDF; 10 pgs.)
• Walton Feed: The Seven Major Mistakes in Food Storage by Vickie Tate
• Walton Feed: Index of Food Storage Articles
• Walton Feed: Planning Smart For Your Food Supply
• ARC: Food and Water in an Emergency (PDF; 16 pgs.)
• The USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning
• National Center for Home Food Preservation
• NCHFP: How Do I Store Foods?
• USU Extension: Home Food Storage Management Plan (PDF; 6 pgs.)
• USU Extension: Food Storage in the Home (PDF; 21 pgs.)
• USU Extension: Food Storage Cooking School -- "Use It or Lose It" (PDF; 124 pgs.)
• USU Extension: Home Storage of Wheat (PDF; 11 pgs.)
• USU Extension: Home Drying of Foods (PDF; 28 pgs.)
• USU Extension: Storage of Dry Milk (PDF; 2 pgs.)
• Solar Food Drying
• A Review of Solar Food Drying

Food Storage Rotation Shelf Systems

• FIFO (first in, first out) Food Storage Rack -- (fits on pantry shelf) [This one holds vegetable size cans and smaller)
• Can-solidator -- (for large close-up view, click on link "click for larger image"; fits on pantry shelf) [This one holds larger can sizes, up to 32 oz. (large tomato size)]
• ShelfReliance.com -- Large rotation shelf systems (manufacturer)
• Food Storage Racks.com -- Same shelves as just above, but lower prices when on special
• Do-It-Yourself Plans (free) -- USU Extension: Food Storage Cooking School -- "Use It or Lose It" (PDF; 124 pgs.) (pg. 10-7 has a minimal plan for building your own - free. Lots of other good information on food storing.)
• Do-It-Yourself Plans (for sale) Wall-O-Cans -- Shelves along a wall
• Do-It-Yourself Plans (for sale) Build Your Own Can Storage Racks -- Horizontal and vertical style shelves

Water Storage & Treatment

• ARC: Water Storage Before Disaster Strikes Fact Sheet (Available on-line only)
• Walton Feed: Emergency Water Storage by Vickie Tate
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water
• ARC: Water Treatment After Disaster Strikes Fact Sheet (Available on-line only)
• EPA: Water On Tap: What You Need To Know (PDF; 37 pgs.)
• Calleguas Annual Water Quality Report
• California American Water -- Water Report for Thousand Oaks & Newbury Park
• Surfer Chef: Newspaper & Cloth Water Filters
• Surfer Chef: Solar Water Pasteurization
• Solar Water Heater & Pasteurizer Made From Everyday Recyclables
• Solar Water Purification Project

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