This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Food Prep and Preservation
For this badge bit, you will preserve 1 million calories!
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Requirements for all Food Prep and Preservation Wood BB's:
- 98% of the food for this badge is “organic or better”
- 75% of the food comes 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/dogsled)
- Trade, purchase or gifted is fine
Minimum requirements for this BB:
- Preserve 1 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 24 different types of food
- No more than 10% can be frozen
-
Food preservation log (your
thread at Permies) with the details
- 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)