Ensuring that you have a long-term food supply is a huge part of prepping – one that requires a lot of careful planning, hard work and investment. The goal of building up a survival food stockpile is not just to keep your family from starving when SHTF, but to make sure they get proper nutrition and energy from the foods they eat so they can stay strong and healthy.

Whether prepping for your family or your own survival needs, every prepper needs to be efficient and smart about their choices and way of doing it. When assembling your long-term food supply, the last thing you want is to end up buying too much or too little, exceeding your budget or worse, not having sufficient resources when SHTF.

In this feature article, we've compiled and debunked 10 common misconceptions about emergency food storage to help guide you in your food storage journey.