Stockpiling an emergency pantry is a process that many homesteaders and self-reliant homeowners consider an essential part of providing for their families. There are many reasons why an emergency pantry might be necessary, even beyond being prepared for worst-case scenarios. But one of the downfalls of having a stock of emergency staples is that the types of foods that stay preserved well are 
often loaded with unhealthy artificial ingredients and GMOs.
There are ways to fill your pantry with whole, organic, non-GMO foods that will last for months or years. It may take a bit more work, but the trade off is that your family will be able to stay healthy if and when you need to dip into your emergency stores.
Organic dried grains, such as cornmeal, oats, rice, popcorn, and quinoa, are easy to store in airtight containers. As long as they are kept in a cool, dry place that is out of direct sunlight and not exposed to open air, these ingredients will stay edible for years.
If you have a freezer dedicated to your emergency stores, you can fill your pantry with plenty of non-GMO ingredients that can make cooking with whole foods even easier. Yeast, baking powder, chocolate chips, coffee, and even butter and cheese can be frozen for long-term storage.
Dried foods are often the biggest culprits when it comes to GMOs. Instead of buying dried fruits, try making your own. Foraging for berries, or growing your own, will pay off big time when you dry the fruits and store them, either in airtight containers or in the freezer. Meat can be frozen, dehydrated, or canned, for long-term storage, and you often don’t need anything other than salt to keep your meat edible for months or longer.
Returning to simpler storage methods and ensuring that your cooking skills are up to snuff are the best ways to create a non-GMO emergency pantry.
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Great article, and as much as I’d love to use as much of my own food as possible, there just aren’t enough hours in a day for many of us to find, pick and dry our own fruit. And most don’t hunt and then can meat. Do have special suggestions for companies that sell bulk non-GMO, organic storage foods to supplement our supplies? Thanks!
In the picture above there are tons of food in tin cans. where can I buy food in cans that are lined are line with something that will not leach metal or plastic into the food? I usually can my own food in glass jars, but that is very time-consuming….fun, better for me, taste better, but time-consuming.
Thanks……….
Are your foods soy free? Although there may be some soy out there that is not GMO and I really question that at this point. But, even if it is GMO free, it is not organic. To harvest soy it is necessary it is required to spray it with a chemical that is strong enough to make the leaves fall off of the plants for combining it. I grew up on a farm that raised soy beans. I did not knkow then what a hazard they are. I remember when the crop planes were going through the community to the various farms that had been encourages to turn a little of their acreage into soy, they gave us a notice and told us to not come out of the house while they were spraying. They also told us not to go to the fields areas for 3 days. At that point in time (if there had been no rain, the leaves would have fallen off and the residue would have dried into the beans. Then they were combined making it easier to harvest.
Thanks for your info on this.
Ginger