Food: Preservation

Food: Canning-Canning at Home

A great alternate to getting stocked on 'fresh' foods. Lots of information out there on this process. You need the proper equipment, enough time set aside for the process, a clean workspace and your fresh ingredients to get a well stocked pantry that will last for years.
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Food: Dehydrating or Drying Foods

This is a great alternative to long-term storage for foods that takes up less space for storage in larger amounts.
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Food-Fermentation

Give some foods a longer shelf life by changing low acid foods into high acid foods to store “as is”, or allowing them to be canned in a water bath canner instead of a pressure canner.

Food-Freeze Dried

You can purchase 'store-bought' products OR you can invest in a home freeze dryer. Freeze dried foods give you the option to store a lot of choices, in less room for a long time. Just add water.