Food Shortages Just Beginning

When we were out shopping on Saturday we noticed a sign on one of the doors to milk saying that there is a national shortage of Organic Milk and they did not have any on the shelf. I believe that this is just the beginning of what is to come.

They say what is on the Grocery Store shelf will only last for about 3 days when SHTF. I have to warn you, please do not be one of the crowd who is trying to get food and water at that time, because people will be hurt or killed.

When we first started preparing we started with water and food. We bought during sales. When canned veggies went on sale for twenty five cents a can we bought cases and are still using them. While we were getting canned foods and like, I said we only bought them when they were on sale.

Then we started buying whole wheat, corn, dry beans and put them up in 2 liter pop bottles after they were cleaned out well. We also were able to put up #10 cans of dry food when we could get the canner and empty cans. The #10 cans were nice but the 2 liter pop bottles work well and if you don’t drink pop ask your friends or neighbors if you can have theirs. We have opened them after being stored for over 10 years and they make the noise that means they have been sealed well.

We also have canned fresh fruits and veggies. When you get a chance to get fresh fruit and veggies, can them and they will keep for a long time. We have had people give us cherries this year and we have canned them up.

Another way we have put food up is to dry it ourselves. We have a food drier and when we get extra food like blueberries we can dry them and put them in plastic containers.

Do not just have 1 way of putting food up because there may be times when you don’t have much water, which is the time to use canned items like canned veggies so you can drink the water that it was put up in or use it to make the dried items. The when water is more abundant then use the dried items. If you have food in the freezer, make sure that you have enough canning jars available, because if your electricity goes out you will need to can what is in the freezer or loose the food. The main idea is to put food away however you do it.