Family food: prepping for tough times

SALT LAKE CITY — 

A recent story

in the Washington Post

tells of one woman's experience of using one of the

home storage centers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) to prepare a reserve of

dry-packed food for her family.  For decades leaders of The

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have encouraged

Mormons to have a reasonable supply of food on hand

for unforeseen times of need and emergencies. The church

operates more than 100 storage centers to help facilitate this.This practice and

other welfare principles and programs taught and provided by

the church have gained the attention of the news media

recently due to the current state of the economy. A

comprehensive media package covering the church's welfare

program can be viewed here.