Expert Says Trend Away from Survivalism May be Dangerous to Those Unprepared

Carson City, NV, October 10, 2014 --(PR.com)-- A Home and Garden America emergency survival seeds expert recently stated that Americans may not be as prepared as they should be to face a disaster that lasted more than a week. The trend away from survivalism has been shown have been accelerating in the past two years. "Until September of this year, the interest in survivalism was waning and that isn't a good thing in our opinion," he said.

"Studying into the survivalism industry shows that there was an increasing amount of interest up until December 2012 at which time the trend began to drop at a fairly rapid rate and we think it was the direct result of the unfounded fears presented by the Mayan Calendar. Because there was no fulfillment of some major catastrophe, people began losing interest in learning how to become self sufficient," he added. "The trend hit its lowest point in two years in May of 2013 and has gone up and down since that time. This past month saw a rise in interest again and it may be a trend that will continue for the foreseeable future due to those factors mentioned previously."

With the rise in violence worldwide and the advent of increasing natural disasters, experts feel that a person should be thinking of ways to survive that include the stocking of water and food supplies as well as other items like emergency survival seeds for long term preparedness. High quality vegetable, herb and fruit seeds not only offer a shield from a long term food shortage, many of the seeds can be sprouted in a few days to provide a high energy, nutritious source of food. These seeds can also be stored away for future use by keeping them away from light, heat and moisture.

Proper storage methods include drying the seeds to a moisture content of 8% or less, placing them into an airtight container such as a mason jar and then placing them into a cool place. Refrigeration or freezing are recommended for the longest term storage and since the seeds are living organisms, they shouldn't be vacuum packed which would deprive them of the air necessary for survival.

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Chuck Harmon enjoys writing consumer information material on a wide range of products and his work in the gardening arena is no exception. His interest in heirloom seeds came about from trying to find better tasting vegetables for his own family.