Emergency food: non-perishables and a rotating pantry
A good food supply is made of things you already eat, bought a little at a time and used in rotation. No bunker required.
Guides
- Checklist Non-perishable food list Over 40 foods that keep for months or years without a fridge, grouped by category, with shelf life and storage tips. What to buy first and what to avoid.
- Canned food after the date The difference between 'best before' and 'use by', how long canned food stays good past the date, the warning signs that mean a can goes in the trash, and how to store cans so they last as long as possible.
- The rotating emergency pantry How to build two weeks of food from your normal shopping, store it properly and eat it before it expires.
- Dehydrated and freeze-dried food The difference between dehydrated and freeze-dried, how long each lasts, how to dry your own fruit and vegetables and when 25-year survival food packs make sense.
- Balcony vegetable garden What you can grow on a balcony, in which containers, when to sow and how much you can realistically harvest. Plus sprouts and microgreens that grow on a windowsill all year.