This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the iron badge in
Food Prep and Preservation
For this badge bit, you will preserve 4 million calories!
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Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Iron BB's:
99% of the calories for this badge are “organic or better”
90% of the calories come from homesteading, preferably from your own homestead
- Nearby homestead or wild harvest (forage/hunting/fishing) is ok
- Their food values need to be “organic or better”
- Acquired with muscle power (bike/horse/foot)
- Trade, purchase or gifted is fine
Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Preserve 4 million calories
- No more than 10% can be one type of thing (i.e. 500 qts of canned peaches)
- 10% bacon, 10% ham, 10% canned pork, is ok
- Must be at least 48 different types of food
- No more than 10% can be frozen
- Food preservation log (your thread at Permies) with the details
- Start a new log for Iron
- Summarizes source of the ingredients (store or homestead)
- Maintains total tally of calories preserved
To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
- summarize where the food came from
- detail the weights of each type of food being stored and how many calories it represents (meeting the above stated requirements)
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Mike is a homesteader, gardener, engineer, wood worker, blacksmith and most recently a greenhouse designer. He heard about permaculture in 2015 and has been learning ever since.
