Comments on: reflecting on nutrition, food storage, and hard economic times

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:08:15 +0000

Robyn and everyone else who has contributed to this post…Thank you! My husband has been having “dreams” about our food storage. I call them “nightmares”…anyway we have both lost a considerable amount of weight. Him 120 lbs and me 70 lbs and we are determined to raise our 3 kids differently so they do NOT have the struggles we have had with our weight. A huge problem we have had is trying to figure out how to get food storage we can actually use and rotate. This is great!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:38:16 +0000

So what are your thoughts on canning fruits and veggies for storage? I mean, is there any nutritional value left in the food? I know freezing is better, but the power could go out in a natural disaster and it would all go bad.

By: Food Insurance

Food Insurance — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:22:36 +0000

Great information. Not many people know about the calculator at LDS.org. You don’t even have to be LDS (Mormon) to use the resources on LDS.org, it’s for the benefit of the whole world. Thanks for mentioning it so more people can become aware of it.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:53:34 +0000

Ah, thank you, I will do it soon. (They’re written, just not posted yet.)

It’s smoking hemp weed that is the problem. The seed is entirely different and eating that has NO mind-altering qualities.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:31:59 +0000

anxiously awaiting the blog about protein powders—will you adress the issue of hemp seed (morally? this may be a stupid question but would it be considered against the WOfW?)

By: Sandra in MO

Sandra in MO — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:03:13 +0000

Just wanted to add that my husband was out of work for 7 weeks. We received no unemployment, etc and if it wasn’t for our food storage – real food storage – we would have had a very, very difficult time. I have been so grateful for oatmeal, brown rice, beans, and legumes. Locally we’ve been able to get fresh apples and walnuts as well. And a good friend gave us four huge pumpkins. We also got raw honey for a very good price.

Food storage doesn’t have to cost a lot if you store real food and grow a garden (though my fall garden bit the dust because of very weird weather.)

Sandra

By: Sandra in MO

Sandra in MO — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:58:59 +0000

Hi Robyn!

I think your figure of 15% is way high. I’ve read that it’s actually closer to 5%. And if you count people who are storing real food and not food-like substances, then of course, it’s much, much lower.

Sandra

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:12:28 +0000

Jennifer, your almonds, being very fresh just out of the trees, should last at LEAST a year in the pantry. (Yes, put as many in the freezer as you can–they’ll last years there.) It’s hard to say how much any family would use, because it depends on how much you eat them, of course. We eat a lot of them as snacks and also in dessert recipes (coming out in Ch. 11 of 12 Steps to Whole Foods next week).

Janelle, the group buy on almonds is open until Thursday of this week! After that, I have no idea when I’ll do it again. (Hopefully the almond growers will win their lawsuit against the FDA, but if not, I’ll try to do it at some point again in the future, maybe in one year.)

Robyn

By: Janelle

Janelle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:17:06 +0000

Hi Robyn!
Can you tell me when you may be doing this particular group buy again?

By: utmuse

utmuse — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:13:21 +0000

I have a question regarding the raw almonds, how much and how to store. For a family of three, how many pounds of almonds would you use per month (for use and food storage)? My second question is how is the best and better way to store them? I do not have a deep freeze, which I am guessing is the ideal way to store. What are the other options for storing? My last question (right now) is how long do almonds last? Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
-Jennifer