A Fabulous Class! PL101: Food Storage Rotation

We had a wonderful class yesterday on how to manage our food storage.  Sister Edwards and Sister Barney had some very insightful and helpful information to share.  If you missed it, or want copies of the hand outs, you've come to the right place!

From Sister Emily Edwards:

Click HERE for a link to her presentation outline

- Make food storage a matter of prayer
- Start slow and rotate
- Plan
- Research
- Involve the whole family
- Practice using the ingredients

From Sister Heather Barney:

Click HERE for a pdf of her powerpoint slides
Click HERE for the "Heather's Favorite Resources" handout
Food Storage Staples list and 40 Recipes

Use Wisdom:

"We encourage members worldwide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings. We ask that you be wise, and do not go to extremes. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve." (See All Is Safely Gathered In.)

Tips for making food easier to rotate:

- Label

- Organize: group similar items together, develop a rotation system (first in, first out; fill left, pull right, fill back, pull front)

- Take visual inventory

- Increase shelf-life: less frequent need to rotate 

Have the proper tools necessary to use/rotate food

- Wheat grinder/grain mill

- Oven such as a solar oven

- Stove like a "Rocket Stove"

Provident Living 101: Food Storage Rotation

Our next Provident Living class is coming up in a few weeks!  We are excited to have two fantastic and well qualified speakers, Heather Barney and Emily Edwards, teach us all about managing our food storage.

We hope you will join us at the Mission Viejo Stake Center, Saturday, May 2 at 9:00 am.

Child care is provided and there will be a delicious tasters table!

Here is a flyer you can download to learn more and spread the word:  Click HERE for flyer

Food Storage Order Currently Open

Our current food order is open for the following products:

Hard White Wheat

Hard Red Wheat

White Wheat Flour

Macaroni

Spaghetti

If you would like to place an order:

1. Fill out the order form (click here to open)

2. Make your check payable to MV Stake

3. Turn both in to your ward Emergency Preparedness Representative or Relief Society Presidency by Sunday, May 10.  

Your order will be placed with the Fountain Valley Home Storage Center and will be available for pick-up at your ward building a week or so later.

Then be sure to attend our Provident Living 101 class on Saturday, May 2 at the Stake Center to learn all about food storage rotation and sample the above products at the tasters table!