[109ACS]

Do you have any sources of information you could share to help us “Gentiles” with this endeavor? If not done right, there will be tremendous waste. Also, if you store, say a year’s worth of food, wouldn’t you always need to consume the oldest food on a continuous basis while replenishing your stock with new food? (First In, First Out)

You’re absolutely right, it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Maybe a whole lot worse.

[Paulus Invictus]

It's called food rotation. Use the oldest food first and plan what you are doing by marking each container with the date it was canned. Works well. By the way, even if you have canned dry veggies, flour beans, rice etc on hand at home, how are you going to cook the food and make it palatable if a real emergency comes along?

The Obama economic emergency is already upon us and many people I know who have lost jobs are using their home storage right now.

Emergency preparedness requires much study and getting it all together is not an easy matter. There is all kinds of advice about emergency preparedness online. Check it out.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Do you have any sources of information you could share to help us “Gentiles” with this endeavor?

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www.readyfortheworst.com has a course done by the leading survival blogger. You’re right that getting it wrong could be very expensive.

[CottonBall]

Do you have any sources of information you could share to help us “Gentiles” with this endeavor? If not done right, there will be tremendous waste. Also, if you store, say a year’s worth of food, wouldn’t you always need to consume the oldest food on a continuous basis while replenishing your stock with new food? (First In, First Out)

FIFO, yes.

Here's the 3rd in a series of theads all about survival: Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition [Survival Today - an On going Thread #3]

I'll warn ya upfront - it's a high volume thread and the info there will be overwhelming at first! But jump right in, ask questions, lots of very knowledgable and helpful folk there.