Food Banks foods needed most emergency foods to stockpile donate share
hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper  I'm out at Granny Camp
which is my Alaska off-grid remote cabin
today I wanted to talk about food banks food shortages
and the foods most needed at food banks
what are the items that the food banks
want to be able to hand out to people
that are in need
and that's the foods that those people
request
food shortages are a reality and if you
don't think that this pandemic
covered 19 coronavirus  second wave 
 hasn't brought  about
food insecurity you need to check how
many people
are going to your local food banks food pantry the  increase in people that need food has
risen  dramatically you combine that with there
is not always the food that we want in
the store
we know there's been problems food supply chain  with meat  packing plants
harvesting crops floods in China locusts in Africa and now we've even had
a huge explosion in  Beruit  Lebanon that
destroyed  the wheat and grain supply for an entire
country  if you have the ability to share your
food then please make a donation
if you have plenty one of the ways you
can do that is go  through your food stockpile and if you
notice that your foods are
almost expired but not gone past the
best by use by sell by date  you can still donate it to a food pantry
you're not allowed to donate foods that
have passed their expiration date
which is kind of a shame because a lot
of food is still good
and safe to eat I've done a lot of
videos about what you can do
to inspect your expired food
it's not really expired it's passed the
best buy used by sell by date
and a lot of the foods are still very
good to eat  a good reason to be aware of what foods
the food bank would most like to have
donated and people like to request is
it's a good  idea to see what kind of foods people in
need  are wanting those are foods that if you
don't have them in your stockpile
you might want to make sure that you do
if you have extras of these food  items you  could donate it if you have extras that
you can't use  it's also a good idea then if you're
shopping and you can afford extra money
buy one for you buy one to donate to a food bank food pantry   it's
all up to you  most importantly make sure that you have
the food that you need  so that you don't have to get at the end
of the line of the  thousands of people who are now in
desperate need
and are seeking food from the food bank
food insecurity is going to be an
ongoing problem
for example right here in alaska we're
having our second lockdown the second
wave is coming of covid 19  coronavirus
the pandemic they're calling it a reset
that we're supposed to remain at home
for four weeks
and if it's already starting in Alaska
where we have relatively few cases in my
opinion  I don't know what they're going to do
across the lower 48  when there are millions and millions of
people in the population  so it's a great time to look over the
foods  most needed at food banks and  food pantries make sure you have enough food in your stockpile  the number
one category is  all canned foods food banks   they're asking for full
complete meals in a can soup stew
chili tamales all the kind of meals that
you can  open the can and have a fully cooked
meal and you can have your meal from
that
the next most needed food is  any kind of canned meat  chicken tuna ham spam  salmon  there's lots of
different kinds  of canned meats I know that I have found
canned meats to be extremely in short
supply
during the last few months and so it's
no wonder
that  the food banks  they're asking please donate some  because we can't even find any when we
go to the store  so then it would be hard for a food bank
to source those same foods to be
able to give them away to those in need
look for all different kinds of canned
beans
canned fruits and vegetables
going along with all those kind of
proteins food needed most in long term emergency pantry food storage 
is peanut butter peanut butter is a
great staple food  to have on hand
and it's something that food banks give
out all the time because it's simple lots of
people like it  if you have food allergies  to peanut butter  and you can't
eat peanut butter   look for some of the other kind of nut butters
next most needed foods for emergency food stockpiles food banks     is the dried food categories pastas  and rice include  sauce so that you're
able to make a meal  with your pasta look for packaged meals
that you can  cook mixes on top of your stove things  foods
like pasta roni macaroni and cheese stovetop stuffing hamburger helper  Knorr mixes
hamburger helpers  instant Idahoan mashed potatoes  and rice mixes that you just need to add
a few ingredients  and you can make a warm meal maybe add a
can of meat and you have a meal   one of
these packages
can make a meal just add water baking
mixes Krusteaz pancake mix
things like pancake mix Idahoan mashed potatoes  Betty crocker just add water 
 biscuit mixes muffin mixes
the packages of mashed potatoes and muffins   where you just add water are
simple to provide
and then they're easy to prepare because
you may not have
all of the extra ingredients like milk
eggs and butter for some of the packaged
mixed foods  foods needed most 
 consider foods like granola bars
crackers  cereal choose hot cereals like oatmeal
as well as boxes of cereal one of the
benefits
of the dried cereal like oatmeal is that
you can
store it in your pantry for a long time
and it's going to stay fresh
long term food storage   you just seal oatmeal   in an   airtight container
and things like oatmeal grits cream of
wheat can last
for many years a box of cereal only
lasts maybe four to six months before
the contents become stale these are all
great examples
of food banks food most needed food
items make sure that you have enough of
these basic food items  in your pantry and then if you have the
ability  donate some to help those in need most
of all make sure you're stocking up
so that you'll have the things that your
family needs going forward
we don't know what the future holds but
when we look at what's going on with the
coven 19 coronavirus
pandemic second wave   and then you combine that with  just the natural disasters that happen
all the time  anyway  hurricanes tornadoes forest fires economic hardship  it just makes sense to be a prepper
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