I’ve been thinking along the same lines for quite a while. We live in a small apartment, but fortunatly it comes with a good sized storage unit. My biggest thing in food storage is dehydrating, because the results take very little storage space, and quite frankly, I’m afraid of home canning. I know, I’m a wimp, but there it is. Lately a local grocery store has had some outstanding sales on fresh produce, and I’ve been keeping the dehydrator going full time, and in fact am thinking about investing in another one. Right now roma tomatoes are 50 cents a pound, and I’ve been buying tons and dehydrating. I also am stocking up on canned foods, firewood, toilet paper, etc. My husband is disabled now, and I’m a lousy shot and never have been able to catch a fish in my life, so I’m trying to get stocked up on canned and dried meats. The only firearm we have is a .22 pistol that I plan to get bullets for, for self protection, and will buy a rifle and bullets for hunting if it ever comes to that. Right now our grocery also has Smithfield hams for $1 a pound, Plan on buying several and drying them. Thank God our apartment has a fireplace, winter in Wyoming can get pretty cold and if the power went out we would be in real trouble without it.
One thing I’ve noticed on here is no one seems to have mentioned their pets. (or maybe I missed it) I am also stocking up on fish food and birdfeed, along with taking old quilts to make cage covers for the birds to keep the cages as warm as possible in case of a power outage.
One other thing important to us is to make sure that we always have a good amount of my husbands meds, at least a three months supply. I’ve also been studying homeopathic medicine (which surprisingly our doctor quite approves of, believing that natural is always better if possible)and working on stocking up on the ingredients for them. going to spend part of the summer clearing the junk out of the storage unit and putting in shelves for food, and will also keep excess firewood down there.

Were in the bible does it say how to make a profit.

I love this post. There are so many that are feeling this same shift going on with the world. It has been so interesting to see how many others in the world can sense and are aware of what is going on.

Besides having an extra supply of food, I have bought books on learning how to make things out of milk like cheese and buttermilk. I also purchased a book on how to build a root cellar, use and store items in it. Because we need somewhere that all of our food will keep without electricity. And I also have been learning alternative ways to keep me and my family healthy. When medical insurance runs out and we cannot afford to go to the doctors anymore, who will we rely on? What will we do? We need to continue to educate ourselves.

I also am purchasing heirloom seeds and learning how to harvest my own seeds. There may come a time when we cannot purchase seeds from the store anymore.

Again, I love what everyone here posted is doing, and I am cheering all of you on too.

I’ve also felt this strong calling/push to be prepared… and after watching Glenn Beck and researching food storage I happened upon a video on YouTube by a gal ‘dehydrate2store’ that really inspired me to go the bit further toward my goal. When she explained that by dehydrating her foods and using them in her daily cooking she was actually saving money because she was buying frozen foods when they were on sale, and processing all of her garden veggies as they are harvested or buying bulk from Costco, Sams or a farmer’s market. I was sold on it when I saw her just open up a package of frozen hash browns, blueberries and corn and spread them on the trays and pop them in the dehydrator…NO BOILING, peeling or pre-processing needed! After they’re dried… you can put them in a quart Mason jar w/oxy pac and… DONE! or instead of using the glass jars you can use a Foodsaver w/oxy pac and store these along with your bucket items for really long term storage. When processed this way, the price of your long term storage goes way down compared to buying from the online food storage sites. I now have 18 months of food storage for myself, elderly mother and my two daughters! The next project is a small coop of hens for eggs.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and inspiring others to take the ‘next’ step… you know the saying about how to eat an elephant? One bite at a time!

I love your article. Our family agrees with everything you have to say. This is great information and very important that it’s out there for the public to read. We are in the process of transitioning to an off-the-grid lifestyle, and have been applying all of these areas to our life for several months now. thank you so much!! Blessings, Blessings, Blessings!!!

I wanted to add for those who may be reading the comments that do live in the city or suburbs and read M_V’s post. I have also been following another “prepper” on youtube (YankeePrepper)- He has much to offer on this subject including how to survive in the city if something disastrous does go down. I would highly recommend it to anyone, regardless of location. He points out advantages and disadvantages to each type of locale with the main point being you should stay where you are most comfortable and knowledgeable of the area. i.e. a city person shouldn’t just have a cabin in the woods expecting no one else to eventually flee their direction. He cites the human ability to smell wood burning, and things cooking from miles away. Not encouraging unless you have a number of armed families staying in your shelter or nearby. More importantly Yankee prepper has a christian mindset which is what I consider to be the only healthy view to take while doing your prepping!

Jen
Norman,OK