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Food Disaster Preparedness

Food information to prepare your kitchen for a hurricane, tornado, power outage or other disaster.
Disaster Survival Food Tips and Hints
Tips and hints to help you prepare your kitchen for a disaster.
Disaster Emergency Cooking Equipment for the Kitchen
Prepare your kitchen for natural disasters with emergency cooking equipment.
Disaster Survival Food Pantry Basics
Be prepared with canned and preserved foods and recipes. How to prepare your kitchen for natural disasters.
Goodness in a Can
Canned foods are often more nutritious than fresh foods. Find out why and how to make delicious meals using canned foods.
Pantry Basics
Whether you're just setting up a household or just need a basic reference list, you'll find the most common pantry basics here, including herbs and spices, staple foods, and condiments.
Family Disaster Supplies Kit
American Red Cross has a concise list of items to have on hand to be prepared for any disaster.
Flood-Contaminated Food
How to determine if food is safe to eat and how to disinfect canned and jarred foods from the NDSU Extension Service.
Flooded Foods
What to keep and what to toss after a flood, from Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System.
Food & Water Safety
How to disinfect water and determine food safety from the Center For Disease Control.
Power Failure Cooking
How to prepare foods safely and conserve water during a power failure from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
Pet Preparedness
Plan ahead in consideration of your pet with this information form Cyberpet.com.
Preparing Food During A Power Failure
Mississippi State University has tips on how to conserve fuel, water and safety precautions for cooking during a power outage.
Survival Pantry
Suggestions on what foods to choose for your pantry to insure quick, easy and varied meals in times of disaster from University of Missouri.

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