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Making Food Storage a LifestyleBy Russ SilverReviewed by Tim BoydOne of our Utah chapter leaders, Russ Silver, suffered a serious health crisis years ago and recovered by applying the dietary principles of Weston A. Price. Now on the high side of age seventy and looking very healthy, he has put together a presentation on storing food consistent with those same principles.He starts off with a brief summary of Dr. Price’s work, then discusses the need for soaking grains. Next, he talks about which are the good fats and explains how to render suet into tallow. At the top of his list of food storage recommendations is cod liver oil (good choice), coconut oil, ghee, and lard (not from the store). Other recommendations include dehydrated fruit and vegetables, canned fish, hard cheese coated with paraffin, jerky, pemmican and seaweed or kelp. He points out that seeds and nuts do not last very long in storage. He also goes into how to make no-knead bread.There is a brief discussion about the alleged benefits of drinking lots of water per the book Your Body’s Many Cries for Water by Dr. Batmanghelidj. But WAPF does not recommend drinking eight glasses—that’s one-half gallon—of water daily. Overall, however, there is much good information in this video. This is not a Hollywood production but is quite competently done and Mr. Silver presents well. Overall a thumbs up. The DVD is available at www. heritagelectures.com.This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Fall 2008.About the ReviewerTim Boyd was born and raised in Ohio, graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a degree in computer engineering, and worked in the defense industry in Northern Virginia for over 20 years. During that time, a slight case of arthritis led him to discover that nutrition makes a difference and nutrition became a serious hobby. After a pleasant and satisfying run in the electronics field, he decided he wanted to do something more important. He is now arthritis free and enjoying his dream job working for the Weston A. Price Foundation.http://www.westonaprice.org/dvdmedia-reviews/thumbs-up/1431-food-storage-lifestyle.html