Level 3: Month Six

Provident Living Plan: Month Six
Level 3: Stock Up

Assignment:

Focus on long-term food storage of meats, canned or freeze dried.

Some examples are:

• chicken
• pork
• tuna
• sausage

Level 3: Month Five

Provident Living Plan: Month Five
Level 3: Stock Up

Assignment:

Stock up on Pasta (variety), pasta sauce, dried milk, cocoa, & apple sauce

Level 3: Month Four

Provident Living Plan: Month Four
Level 3: Stock Up (some more)

Assignment:

Beans (pinto?),  powdered drink mix, cooking oil, peanut butter, jelly

As we discussed in Month Two, there are lots of options for long-term food storage. If you are doing freeze-dried, you can try and convert this assignment or just stock up a little bit more this month.

Level 3: Month Three

Provident Living Plan: Month Three
Level 3: Stock Up

Assignment:

Rice, Brown Sugar, Flour, Yeast, Salt

As we discussed in Month Two, there are lots of options for long-term food storage. If you are doing freeze-dried, you can try and convert this assignment or just stock up a little bit this month.

Level 3: Month Two

March Provident Living Plan
Level 2: Educate Yourself!

Assignment:

Educate yourself on long-term food storage and determine the types of foods you want to eat. Calculate how much food you need per person in your family.

Educate yourself on long term food storage and determine the types of foods you want to eat. There are so many options, especially in Utah. Do you want to stock freeze-dried items, grains and legumes? A combination?

How much will you need?  

According to FoodStorageMadeEasy.net, "there are basically two schools of thought on long term food storage. One recommends a 2300 calorie diet with 300 lbs of grains and 75 lbs of powdered milk (this was the original recommendation given to members of the LDS church back in 1978). A more recent recommendation has been to increase the calories to 2400, raise the grains to 400 lbs, and lower powdered milk to just 16 lbs (this is based off of a research study done in 1979)."

There are several online tools to help you calculate this for your family.
LDS.org
FoodStorageMadeEasy.net
LivewiseIndustries.com
BePrepared.com

Level 3: January

January Provident Living Plan
Level 3: Water

Assignment:

Evaluate your family's long-term access to water. Purchase a water filter if necessary.

For long-term access to water, a large-quantity water filter may be ideal. Water filters can effectively filter and purify water contaminated with microorganisms, toxic chemicals, and heavy metals. Their effectiveness depends on design, condition, and proper use.

(The following information was obtained from this section on www.lds.org)


Store drinking water for circumstances in which the water supply may be polluted or disrupted.  Commercially bottled water may be purchased. Follow the container's "best if used by" dates as a rotation guideline. Avoid plastic containers that are not PETE plastic.


Keep water containers away from heat sources and direct sunlight.

If you choose to package water yourself, consider the following guidelines:

Containers

Use only food-grade containers. Smaller containers made of PETE plastic or heavier plastic buckets or drums work well.

Clean, sanitize, and thoroughly rinse all containers prior to use. A sanitizing solution can be prepared by adding 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of liquid household chlorine bleach (5 to 6% sodium hypochlorite) to 1 liter (one quart) of water. Only household bleach without thickeners, scents, or additives should be used.

Do not use plastic milk jugs, because they do not seal well and tend to become brittle over time.

Do not use containers previously used to store non-food products.

Water Pretreatment

Water from a chlorinated municipal water supply does not need further treatment when stored in clean, food-grade containers.

Non-chlorinated water should be treated with bleach. Add 8 drops of liquid household chlorine bleach (5 to 6% sodium hypochlorite) for every 4 liters (one gallon) of water. Only household bleach without thickeners, scents, or additives should be used.

Storage

Containers should be emptied and refilled regularly.

Store water only where potential leakage would not damage your home or apartment.

Protect stored water from light and heat. Some containers may also require protection from freezing.

The taste of stored water can be improved by pouring it back and forth between two containers before use.

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For more information about water purification you can visit: 

https://lds.org/family/family-well-being/home-storage/drinking-water-guidelines?lang=eng

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d229a5f06620c6052b1ecfbf43181aa0/?vgnextoid=b60461150e8ae110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD