Sounds like a good resource - thanks for posting. I started stocking last summer, plan to re-eval and hone this summer. My main ongoing concern, though, is water.
Don’t forget salt, too.
EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN
Food Storage for the Solar Oven
by Wendy DeWitt
I’ve based this system on a “worst case scenario,” meaning, if there were no stores, gardens, city water or electricity, I could still feed my family. This scenario also assumes that each family will be on their own, that we won’t be “banding together” at churches or schools. There are dozens of scenarios that would require isolation from other people. Please don’t put your family at risk by assuming that you will be eating someone else’s food! No one else is storing food for your family. Your neighbors aren’t, the government isn’t and the church isn’t.
Her system relies heavily on cooking in a solar oven, hence, "Everything under the sun". Much of it is done using canning jars, either for pressure canning or as cooking vessels. You need a lot of canning jars and lids, lots and lots of lids or Tattler reusable lids. It also relies on a huge amount of meal planning.
How much food is a year’s supply? This system answers that question right down to the last teaspoon of salt.
That's some extreme planning right there. If it works for some people, great. There's nothing wrong with some of the methods like canning meat. Pressure canning is the only easy, no electricity needed, long term storage method for meat. Solar cooking on a 10 degree windy, cloudy day? Not gonna happen. Like anything, take from this system some things that will work for you and find alternatives for the parts that won't work for you.
I'm starting a monthly prepping thread this weekend, taking over for CottonBall who took over for nwArizonaGranny. I knew azGranny from another forum and downloaded her multi-page thread there and have two copies printed out, along with other prepper info. My plan is to do it towards the end of every month. That way it will be a monthly prepping reminder for those on fixed incomes who's payday is the first of the month.
Water. Although we have a well, we are thinking about getting a cistern to use for our garden, and double as a back up water supply. We already have a Big Berkey filtration system.