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On Sale: Sep 8, 2026
Page Count: 176 pages
Publisher: Storey
ISBN-13: 9781635869835

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$25.99 CAD

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From stocking your kitchen cabinets to stocking a prepper pantry, this is the essential guide to creating a practical food storage system for everyday life and long-term emergencies, from the creator of This Prepared Life.

Allison Michael’s unique, three-layered system is all about building food storage for both short- and long-term emergencies. The first layer is your own kitchen pantry—it includes the foods you’ll eat in the next week or two. The second layer is your “home grocery store,” containing the food you’ll eat over the coming year; you’ll “shop” from there to refill your pantry. The third layer is long-term storage for a future emergency; these are bulk quantities of foods, packaged carefully to last years or even decades.

Whether you’re trying to shop less often, still skittish from living through the pandemic food shortages, or aspiring to fully prepare your family to survive a long-term emergency, Home Food Storage provides the skills you need to implement and maintain a successful food storage system—one that starts with a well-stocked kitchen and is full of nutritious foods that your family enjoys eating.

As part of this essential guide, Michael teaches:

How to choose foods that will last in storage
How to package food properly to extend its shelf life
How to track and rotate your food supply
How to calculate your family’s food needs, based on what they actually eat

Genre:

Cooking Methods Canning & Preserving

Allison Michael is the creator of This Prepared Life, an online learning platform focused on practical preparedness and homesteading skills. With decades of experience in food storage and emergency preparedness, she teaches simple, realistic ways to care for your family, build a well-stocked pantry, and create peace of mind in uncertain times. She shares resources and education online at thispreparedlife.com and on social media @thispreparedlife.

“Home Food Storage will be a very helpful learning experience for all those who are interested in an emergency-food supply beyond canned beans.”
Booklist
“An excellent resource. Allison offers depth for readers who already understand food storage, as well as practical guidance and clear action steps for those who have never considered preparedness before. Her ‘prepared, not scared’ philosophy builds steady confidence and a sense of calm readiness.”
Chelsea Nicole, creator of Little Mountain Ranch
“A practical approach to creating a home food supply for all of life’s curveballs, whether big or small. The guidance to store what you actually eat and rotate it so there’s no waste is a refreshing and friendly take on preparedness.”
Crystal Schmidt, creator of Whole-Fed Homestead and author of Freeze Fresh and Freeze Fresh Meal Prep