Food Shortage Crisis?

If your food source was unavailable to you, how long would your current food supply last?  What is your food source?  Most of us rely on restaurants and grocery stores, right?  Maybe a farmers market in certain seasons?  How many of us are self sustaining?  I would venture to guess, not many.  There are very few people that grow their own produce and raise their own livestock, even in the semi rural area where I live.  So what would you do if the sources you normally rely upon were no longer available to you.  Or prices were too high for you to shop as you are accustom?  Most of us would have no problem going a week.  Probably even two - although at that point we may be slightly less than thrilled with our choices.  We might be down to the freezer burnt bag of peas stuffed to the back of the bottom shelf.  Or maybe some of the less desirable canned goods that never get rotated out of the pantry would have to make an appearance.


You don't have to subscribe to the "sky is falling" theory or Nostradamus predictions to believe it's time to build an emergency food supply.  We will get to the Chicken Little philosophies later, but for now lets stick to the mainstream.  The Washington Post warned about wheat prices doubling since June 2010.  USAToday told us to get ready for higher food prices, partially blaming U.S government mandates as the problem.  Corn prices are skyrocketing and those rates affect the meat and dairy industry as livestock are dependent on corn for feed. The Globe and  Mail details how the UN is predicting a 30% jump in food prices by the end of the year.  Forbes has an article about the possibility of a global food crisis, citing the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization warning of a "food price shock."  CNBC reported that America's grain stockpiles are at it's lowest level in 12 years.  Extreme weather has disrupted crops worldwide - the flooding in Australia is set to increase beef prices dramatically.


Ok, I guess there is no denying that there will be some degree of shortages.   How can we avoid the sting of the rising costs? especially when a lot of budgets are a little stretched as it is?  I have a few suggestions.
One is to buy in bulk now.  Costco is a great place for this.  Some food items you can stock up on and not have to worry too much about their shelf life, but what about fruits and veggies?  We use Shelf Reliance, dehydrated and freeze dried food products.  They have an emergency food supply line called Thrive.  In fact it is sold at Costco.  I'm a rep for the company and can get you prices much lower than the retail prices.  The shelf life for most of the foods are 7 to 25 years.  25 years!  And once opened they last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years depending on the food.  Building a supply can protect your family from the coming inflation.  You can build your supply at your own pace and on ANY budget.  Why not begin now?  Whether or not you purchase any products through me NOW is the time to start planning.