Hi, this is Monica Reinagle.

With fears of a global pandemic mounting, we noticed that a lot of listeners were pulling

up my episode on how to stock an emergency food supply. So we thought

we'd bring that out of the archives for you with a few updates specific to our current situation.

A three day supply of food and water is generally

enough to get you through a short-term disruption such as a severe weather

event. But with something like the COVID-19 outbreak there is the possibility for a longer period of isolation or inability

to restock and so the US government is recommending that you keep a two-week supply of food on hand

right now.

In the event of an outbreak, the biggest thing

is minimizing unnecessary contact with others.

So not having to go to the grocery store

when you're sick or even when you're well can keep the

disease from spreading. The good news is that the current situation is much less

likely to cause disruptions in water or power so we don't have to worry about stocking drinking water

or losing our ability to cook food or to keep it cold and that means you can

keep more fresh food on hand and not have to rely exclusively on dried and canned foods.

If I weren't able to go to the grocery store for a couple of weeks, I'd really be missing fresh greens for salads.

So I'm adding a few packets of sprawl. really be missing fresh greens for salads.

So I'm adding a few packets of sprouting seeds

to my food stores.

In just a couple of days, you can grow a whole jar

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