• Spiritual – Home storage is a spiritual principle.
• Success – Following prophetic counsel brings success.
• Emphasis – The main emphasis in tangible preparedness efforts should be home storage and not 72-hour kits.
• Foundation – Build a 3-month supply of food on a foundation of basics.
• How much – Store as much as your circumstances allow.
• Learn – Learn how to use foods that store well.
• Grow and preserve – Grow and preserve your own food, as much as possible.
• Yours – Your home storage program is YOUR home storage program.
• Use it – Use something from your home storage every day.
• Way of Life – Home storage is part of a way of life.
• Promise – Home storage is a principle with promises.
A food storage principle is a scientifically based guideline for individualizing food storage and ensuring its edibility. Food storage principles derive from broader research and provide direction and standards as we seek to obtain, preserve, use, and continue to incorporate food storage in our everyday life. – Cheryl Driggs, 2021