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They're going to grow enough to live on in their garden?!?!

I think the most important thing is food and water. Learn the edible plants in your area. Get a small book you can grab in an emergency, and pray you are never forced to use it.

Most people have no idea how many weeds, barks, and roots are edible. We've studied that as well. We'll probably end up teaching our neighbors. That'll get people through the spring and summer. Winter can be the garden harvest and wild roots/barks (for potato substitutes or pastas).

Last year while cleaning up the yard we had to throw out three garbage cans full of black walnuts from the trees in our yard. We cleaned and put up a few jars of the and just threw the rest away. But in a starvation situation that was a ton of calories and protein that would suddenly become worth the effort. There are also apple treas in many of the yards around here. Most people only use the best apples and just dump those that are bruised or damaged in the fall from the tree. The two doors down throws out three or four bags a week during the season. But in a survival situation what you will eat changes radically.

And then there are the fish in the lakes. We have lakes all over the local subdivisions for drainage and flood control. they are all stocked with bluegills in order to keep the mosquitoes down, and to amuse the local kids. So you eat pan fish for a few days.

And since I have a BB gun handy pigeons, raccoons, rabbits and other local vermin will now be appearing on the dinner table. The local massive overpopulation of Canadian geese will also be dealt with at the same time. Finally there are the pets. Look nobody wants to bring it up but before 270 million people starve to death (for comparison WW II only killed 60 million) fido, fluffy and the guinea pig are going on the menu.