We've been eating better for the last two years, cooking most meals instead of opening packages, using higher quality ingredients from local farms (and our garden) and eating more nose-to-tail. We have also been avoiding sugar, grains, legumes, and industrial oils. When asked, we usually say we are 'eating Paleo', rather than unpack our whole food philosophy on the unwary.

Most of the long term storage foods have a lot of soy and other stuff we don't eat. I've still got some in my preps, 'cuz I already paid for them and would rather eat badly than let my family starve in a long term crisis.

I have also been making (and freezing) my own sausage, dried fruit, jerky, and pickled foods. Eventually I want to try canning, smoke curing meats, and making prosciutto.