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    Default Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    NaturalNews) Given the rapidity with which critical global events are unfolding, preparedness just makes good sense. The question isn't whether or not to be prepared - it's what to be prepared for? Earthquakes, nuclear accidents, tsunamis, power outages and gasoline shortages have been on this week's menu. Each, of course, has its own specific type of preparedness protocols. But, no matter what kind of unexpected event looms large, there is always a need for food. Food shortages could result from any of the aforementioned potential scenarios, as well as from any number of scenarios that I haven't mentioned. There are any number of ways to approach food shortage preparedness, but my preferred method is sprouts! Sprouts are, in my mind, the number one, perfect survival ration. I think that sprouting seeds belong in every household's emergency kit. Let's look at some of the reasons that I think this.



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    Default Re: Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    Here's a useful pdf on the "how to's" of sprouts:

    http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/A3385.PDF
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    Default Re: Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    sprouts are only safe if you have sufficient clean water to produce them with

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    Default Re: Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    I'm not endorsing, just a few sites to browse...
    http://sproutpeople.org/
    http://www.living-foods.com/articles/sprouts.html
    http://www.handypantry.com/
    http://www.isga-sprouts.org/nutritio.htm
    http://www.sprouthouse.com/
    http://www.primalseeds.org/sprouting.htm

    I've been sprouting at home for a year now, it's easy and the best bang for your buck nutrition

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    Default Re: Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    Sure, a lot of highly nutritious food can be produced in a few days but you need to renew your seed supply in order to continue growing sprouts.

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    Default Re: Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

    I would think that a alfalfa patch would good for sustenance and survival. You can get seeds from it to sprout in the winter, you can dry the greens for tea or capsules or compressed pills and it grows back year after year.... also good for fertilizing the garden and its a high source of protien for animals.

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    Wheat grass is very good too...

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