Food storage is both a traditional domestic skill and is important industrially. Food is stored by almost every human society and by many animals. Storing of food has several main purposes:
- Storage of harvested and processed plant and animal food products for distribution to consumers
- Enabling a better balanced diet throughout the year
- Reducing kitchen waste by preserving unused or uneaten food for later use
- Preserving pantry food, such as spices or dry ingredients like rice and flour, for eventual use in cooking
- Preparedness for catastrophes, emergencies and periods of food scarcity or famine
- Religious reasons (Example: LDS Church leaders instruct church members to store food)
- Protection from animals or theft
Read more about Food Storage: Domestic Food Storage, Commercial Food Storage
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—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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