The US federal government suggests that you have enough survival food to last up to a couple of weeks.

You know if they are saying that, you really should have their recommendation as an absolute minimum.

Just about every survivalist has at least a few months and many have a goal of maintaining a minimum of six months food in their storage cache.

What types of food are the best to store, whether your storage is short, medium, long-term or all three?

Opinions on that topic are as varied as, well, there are opinions.

One general rule is to make sure your survival food cache matches your environment – meaning try and store food that more than likely will be able to be easily prepared regardless of the survival situation you face.

The video on the next page covers some basics that you should consider when developing your survival food cache.

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