I’m not trying to be a jerk, but how many days/weeks/months of food can you reasonably stockpile, and what is the plan for when it runs out?
I think the LDS requirement was 1 years worth...which is fine if the crisis is over in that period of time. But what if it isn’t? Is the goal to survive for one year, or to survive forever?
Based on the kind of response I’ve seen from our federal government, a year seems kind of optimistic...
That one year stockpile is for you and your family and to “share “ with those who have not prepared.
That is the Morman way.
After that....?
You can “reasonably stockpile” years worth. If part of your stockpile is ammunition and seeds, you can have enough to feed your family forever. Literally.
Nothing short of nuclear war or invasion will make any societal collapse a “forever” event.
I've got a year's worth of dry staples stored up. That's coffee, cereals, canned goods, dry milk, water and toiletries. I have easily a years supply of meat and frozen veggies in my freezers.
I'm not talking about ammo or fuel, that IMO would be foolish specially on a public forum.
I can be completely "off the grid" for three months and not sweat it. Working on making that 6 months. I've read some people on here can go a year....
So here’s a good rule when it comes to stockpiling food: think like the Pilgrims. You need to have enough food on hand to get through the “tough months” until you are able to produce on your own, if necessary. Whether the tough months means “winter” or longer, you want to be able to get through it, even if others around you are starving.
For me, it boils down to this: I don’t ever want to look at my four year old daughter and hear “I’m hungry” and be completely unable to feed her. Same for my two year old son.
The food I have on hand cost less than my automobile insurance for the year, and is true *life* insurance against a major disaster... and some minor disasters.
For the long term, I have property and seeds. I even have books on edible wild plants, if it comes to that.
The whole thing is a bit ridiculous, because I still contribute to my 401k and go to work every day. I’m expecting the world to continue. But, like I said, my kids... man... I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I hadn’t prepared and they suffered.
Oh, finally, if the crisis does last one year, a year’s worth of food will be just fine *probably*. (Unless we are talking about something like The Road.)
Read “One Second After.” If you can last a year in a crisis like that, there will be far, far fewer people left to compete for scarce resources when it is over. If you can last a year, you’ll persist when others have perished.