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Food for a Year: The Leading Prepper’s Guide to Easily Acquiring, Storing, Stockpiling and Preparing Shelf-Stable Foods for Long-Term Survival
You are unprepared...
Unprepared for a seismic change in the world that could leave you alone and afraid.
That’s why you’re thinking about ways to safeguard your future, protect your family and maintain your health should the worst happen. Some say it never will, but you can’t switch off unless you know you’re prepared the right way.
Well, when you know how to guarantee a long-term food supply in any scenario, you can rebuild, recover and restart your life without having to worry even one bit!
Inside this expert guide you’ll discover:
• Why Food Prepping Is the Habit of a Lifetime and how you can use it to make sure you’re never caught short or left exposed by the outside world.
• How to Select Foods to Stockpile so you never fall victim to spoiled ingredients and unhealthy options that you can’t sustain yourself on.
• The Mindset of a Prepper and how you can turn it into your biggest advantage, no matter what happens out there in the world.
• Beginner Prepper Tips that allow you to get off to a fast start without ever having to worry about the direction you’re taking.
• How to Stockpile Food the Right Way to prepare the ultimate food collection that will keep you alive when disaster strikes
… Plus So Much More!
This unique book is designed to show you a simpler way to safeguard your future, maintain your health, and protect your family all at the same time.
It’s an investment in a better way of life that you will be truly thankful you made should the worst happen.
And if it doesn’t, you still get the peace of mind and low-stress lifestyle that comes from knowing you always have exactly what you need to keep you and your family protected and your future secure.
Unprepared for a seismic change in the world that could leave you alone and afraid.
That’s why you’re thinking about ways to safeguard your future, protect your family and maintain your health should the worst happen. Some say it never will, but you can’t switch off unless you know you’re prepared the right way.
Well, when you know how to guarantee a long-term food supply in any scenario, you can rebuild, recover and restart your life without having to worry even one bit!
Inside this expert guide you’ll discover:
• Why Food Prepping Is the Habit of a Lifetime and how you can use it to make sure you’re never caught short or left exposed by the outside world.
• How to Select Foods to Stockpile so you never fall victim to spoiled ingredients and unhealthy options that you can’t sustain yourself on.
• The Mindset of a Prepper and how you can turn it into your biggest advantage, no matter what happens out there in the world.
• Beginner Prepper Tips that allow you to get off to a fast start without ever having to worry about the direction you’re taking.
• How to Stockpile Food the Right Way to prepare the ultimate food collection that will keep you alive when disaster strikes
… Plus So Much More!
This unique book is designed to show you a simpler way to safeguard your future, maintain your health, and protect your family all at the same time.
It’s an investment in a better way of life that you will be truly thankful you made should the worst happen.
And if it doesn’t, you still get the peace of mind and low-stress lifestyle that comes from knowing you always have exactly what you need to keep you and your family protected and your future secure.
122 pages, Paperback
Published March 21, 2022
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January 26, 2022
Preppers know there are many reasons our access to food may be cut off. Job loss, accidents, illness, death, unexpected bills, storms, civil unrest, war, invasions, maybe even a zombie apocalypse. Most of us never face the prospect of our mortality, the sordid business of dying, the fate of any loved ones we leave behind, but writers like Beau Griffin not only face it, they take time to write about the ways we can prepare for those things we Never Wanna Think About.
Stockpiling food: "It's an investment for the future just like your bank account or retirement savings," Griffin writes.
Seasoned readers and health enthusiasts may want to skip whole sections of the book, e.g., the summary of what foods we need to stockpile and why. Proteins, fiber, carbs, fats, and vitamin/supplements. He offers a guide to calculating the actual quantity of food needed for everyone, from adults of various sizes and ages to children.
Do you have money to buy a year's worth of groceries today? Most likely, no. "A New Mindset" on shopping and rotating stock will allow us to build up a long-term pantry. This will also necessitate a spreadsheet to keep inventory of what we have bought, what we have consumed, and when to buy replacement items as we use up those cans, bottles, jars, and buckets before their expiration date.
Growing and preserving our own food gets a few pages here, but readers will need to consult other sources as well. Hunting, trapping, and fishing would take up a whole book.
Protecting your food stores from rodents, insects, and human thieves is another topic.
Building shelves, acquiring bins and buckets, tins and jars, mylar bags, and other storage items is addressed. Note to Tupperware and Rubbermaid fans: plastic starts leaching into food after six months or so. If you use plastic containers, use up the food inside before it becomes toxic.
There's a lot of information in this slender volume, much of it above and beyond what's in another prepper book I just read via NetGalley. That book included first-aid tips, how to build a shelter, how to start a fire without matches, and a long resource of links to other books that go into greater depth on each of the many categories we need to learn more about.
For only 99 cents, this book delivers, but if you want more, you'll pay three dollars for "Survival Medicine & First Aid: The Leading Prepper's Guide to Survive Medical Emergencies in Tough Survival Situations" by Beau Griffin.
Thank you to the author and BookSirens for an ARC of this book.
Stockpiling food: "It's an investment for the future just like your bank account or retirement savings," Griffin writes.
Seasoned readers and health enthusiasts may want to skip whole sections of the book, e.g., the summary of what foods we need to stockpile and why. Proteins, fiber, carbs, fats, and vitamin/supplements. He offers a guide to calculating the actual quantity of food needed for everyone, from adults of various sizes and ages to children.
Do you have money to buy a year's worth of groceries today? Most likely, no. "A New Mindset" on shopping and rotating stock will allow us to build up a long-term pantry. This will also necessitate a spreadsheet to keep inventory of what we have bought, what we have consumed, and when to buy replacement items as we use up those cans, bottles, jars, and buckets before their expiration date.
Growing and preserving our own food gets a few pages here, but readers will need to consult other sources as well. Hunting, trapping, and fishing would take up a whole book.
Protecting your food stores from rodents, insects, and human thieves is another topic.
Building shelves, acquiring bins and buckets, tins and jars, mylar bags, and other storage items is addressed. Note to Tupperware and Rubbermaid fans: plastic starts leaching into food after six months or so. If you use plastic containers, use up the food inside before it becomes toxic.
There's a lot of information in this slender volume, much of it above and beyond what's in another prepper book I just read via NetGalley. That book included first-aid tips, how to build a shelter, how to start a fire without matches, and a long resource of links to other books that go into greater depth on each of the many categories we need to learn more about.
For only 99 cents, this book delivers, but if you want more, you'll pay three dollars for "Survival Medicine & First Aid: The Leading Prepper's Guide to Survive Medical Emergencies in Tough Survival Situations" by Beau Griffin.
Thank you to the author and BookSirens for an ARC of this book.
December 28, 2021
I received a copy from Booksprout; this is my honest review
-Good organized chapters with many explanations and details.
-Good ideas as to how to build your shelves to protect your goods such as non-clip rubber and lips at the front of the shelves.
-"Designing Your Organization System" has plenty of ideas too.
-"Rotating Your Stock" - The idea here is to eat what will spoil first, just like when I make groceries I have a certain menu but the first meals we eat are the ones which contain fast spoiling items in the fridge such as mushrooms. Same idea with your stash.
-There's a lot going on about using the proper equipment and buying it too, which could be quite expensive if you don't share the cost with someone else. Many powdered items or canned items such as spinach and butter can be found on Amazon for a good price.
-"Preparing Food in Emergency Situation" - These are not really good options but I don't have a good replacement either. If there's a famine (or any other big crisis on food) and you cook outside, people will smell your food and follow it to your house. Same with all the other options in the chapter, be it cooking over a fire in the house or outside, someone's bound to smell it.
-Please don't ask readers for a review at 49%! Let them finish and decide.
-Repeated but worth mentioning a few times is to pay attention to expiry dates.
-I had to laugh when I read that canned vegetables and fruit had a "pleasant taste".
-"Root Cellars": I used to live where all the old houses in town had a working root cellar. Another option would be to have a sandbox in your basement - we had one and it worked really well.
-"For the sake of your pantry ... hydrogenated oil", except that would be the worse oil for your health. Are we aiming to get sick while in lockdown?
-His whole menu and quantities are based on the SAD and that's really sad, which is why that would be completely changing our lifestyle. But I can easily adjust the quantities of what we eat for the long-term.
-A few untrue facts: "some fats are better than others" (true) "butter ... will raise your bad cholesterol levels" (untrue). Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. You cannot eat grains raw; these are meant to be eaten cooked.
-Good organized chapters with many explanations and details.
-Good ideas as to how to build your shelves to protect your goods such as non-clip rubber and lips at the front of the shelves.
-"Designing Your Organization System" has plenty of ideas too.
-"Rotating Your Stock" - The idea here is to eat what will spoil first, just like when I make groceries I have a certain menu but the first meals we eat are the ones which contain fast spoiling items in the fridge such as mushrooms. Same idea with your stash.
-There's a lot going on about using the proper equipment and buying it too, which could be quite expensive if you don't share the cost with someone else. Many powdered items or canned items such as spinach and butter can be found on Amazon for a good price.
-"Preparing Food in Emergency Situation" - These are not really good options but I don't have a good replacement either. If there's a famine (or any other big crisis on food) and you cook outside, people will smell your food and follow it to your house. Same with all the other options in the chapter, be it cooking over a fire in the house or outside, someone's bound to smell it.
-Please don't ask readers for a review at 49%! Let them finish and decide.
-Repeated but worth mentioning a few times is to pay attention to expiry dates.
-I had to laugh when I read that canned vegetables and fruit had a "pleasant taste".
-"Root Cellars": I used to live where all the old houses in town had a working root cellar. Another option would be to have a sandbox in your basement - we had one and it worked really well.
-"For the sake of your pantry ... hydrogenated oil", except that would be the worse oil for your health. Are we aiming to get sick while in lockdown?
-His whole menu and quantities are based on the SAD and that's really sad, which is why that would be completely changing our lifestyle. But I can easily adjust the quantities of what we eat for the long-term.
-A few untrue facts: "some fats are better than others" (true) "butter ... will raise your bad cholesterol levels" (untrue). Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. You cannot eat grains raw; these are meant to be eaten cooked.
November 19, 2022
Mediocre at best
Dietary information is not accurate. You build a stockpile to meet your needs, not the other way around. No references or notes to any claimed medical and nutritional I formation.
The information is too basic, does not give the reader a real plan of action. In reality, most people will have to shelter in place during an emergency.
Overall, not worth the time I spent really
Dietary information is not accurate. You build a stockpile to meet your needs, not the other way around. No references or notes to any claimed medical and nutritional I formation.
The information is too basic, does not give the reader a real plan of action. In reality, most people will have to shelter in place during an emergency.
Overall, not worth the time I spent really
January 6, 2022
I really liked this informative and educational book. It was easy to read and easy to understand. I liked the way the sections were organized and how easy it was to find what you're looking for. There are some great tips! I recommend reading this book.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
January 17, 2022
Great book with so much useful and quality information. The author gave very comprehensive tips and instructions and broke down the chapters in very organized and easily understood manner. Highly recommend!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily
January 18, 2022
This was a good, informative book to help get you started. I got a copy of the book. And am voluntarily leaving my review.
March 3, 2022
Food For a Year is a very comprehensive guide which is well researched, filled with information about which foods to purchase and it's use and nutrition value. The chapters are hyperlinked, making the information easy to find for continued reference.
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