Food Storage And Ice Age Farmer

I was looking for information the other day. I was wondering why certain food prices were going up. I asked a friend of mine who was a buyer for Kroger but retired a few years ago. He said he had been away too long that his sources had dried up. But as I was searching my wife turned me on to iceagefarmer on You tube. Now I think You tube is a communist organization but I conceded that it is the best platform out there. I’m hoping others will change that. But anyway, as I watched Iceage’s video reports I got the answers I was seeking. He searches the internet for information about food supplies throughout the world. I like his perspective and analysis of food production and how he encourages his viewers to grow their own food and raise their own animals. He also shows where he got his information. I’ve watched his channel for a while and researched myself and I want to say GET YOUR FOOD STORAGE! I’m not meaning to sound panicked or shrill, but everyone who reads this should be working on their food storage. I don’t think it’s too late or anything so now would be a good time to start if you haven’t already. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t want to be doom-and-gloom so I try to be positive. One of the things that most “preppers” thought at the beginning of this pandemic was , “I told you so!” Most prepared people didn’t clamor to get toilet paper and food. Look at your preparedness program and try to envision holes in it. When the pandemic started, we noticed some holes in our program. We were able to take care of those problems and now we are better prepared. If you are new to this concentrate on the basics. When I teach preparedness I start with the basics of survival: Air, Shelter, Water, Food, Fire, Security or the acronym ASWiFFS. Most of us have air and shelter covered. The next priority would be water, which is the easiest next to air to maintain. Now I realize that water is heavy, and space consuming, but with some thought, and little money you can have your emergency water needs covered. When storing water ensure that it is not next to gasoline or other chemicals. The fumes may migrate into the water and ruin the flavor or even contaminate the water. Used good containers. Milk jugs are not a good choice. The plastic breaks down quickly. Juice containers are a better alternative. Washing them thoroughly keeps the taste of the original product, the juice, from getting into the taste of the water. There are many containers for water that are not expensive if you are looking for a new container. If you decide on used barrels for your water storage make sure of what was stored in the barrels originally. Make sure it was something edible. But also that it wasn’t something that will ruin the taste of your water like a pickle barrel. The water would still be good, but it may taste like pickles. After water is food. Start small with maybe a goal of what you would regularly eat for a month. Then up that to 3 months. In the meantime learn about grains and beans. With this knowledge of how to cook with more raw items you can up your storage to 6 months and a year. It is a process so the sooner you start the sooner you can get where your family is taken care of in a crisis. My wife said yesterday that we were crazy for having a year supply and being prepared for all these years. I reminded her that several years ago we lived off of our food storage for about a year when we went through a financial crisis. Having food storage saves money because when we need something we just get it and don’t have to make another trip to the store saving time and gas. Because of our food storage we save money because we can shop sales and not have to get that item because we have none. We’ve helped others who were struggling. We have helped, and continue to help our children by sharing the abundance that we have as they work on their own. The town we live near has had problems several times with their water system where they had to boil their water. We have a well and many gallons of backup water to supplement that. We’ve never had a problem with our water. Even when we have a power outage we have alternative ways of lighting, heating, and cooking. We’ve used our preparedness many times for temporary reasons. If there is ever a more long term reason we could survive quite well. She had not thought of those things together as a whole. I like contingencies. After you have covered the basics of ASWiFFS, it would be good to look at other things like energy, medical, and other needed areas. In 1912 the Titanic was considered an “unsinkable” ocean liner. Yet an iceberg sank it by breaking 5 of its 16 chambers. It would have survived if only 4 had been flooded. It was that 5th chamber. In preparedness what is your “5th Chamber”? What would “sink” you in an emergency? For me it’s a hot shower. That would make me pretty irritable. So, we have several solar showers, hand soap, and shampoo. Enough to me through a year at least. I also have an outdoor shower that is fed by a black barrel that sits on top of the shower. It is built with pallets. So I can have my hot shower. What can you not live without? Do you need to vacuum can chocolate? Do you need to buy a hand powered clothes washer? We all have some 5th chamber issues. Put your mind to it an come up with a plan “B” or even ”C” for what will sink you in an emergency. For now I would encourage you to work on water and food. Especially food. I don’t know for sure but I think there will start to be shortages of certain foods starting in about June of 2021. Prices will also continue to rise too. I could be wrong, but I see several indicators that tell me this may be imminent. If you want to control people, control food and medical. I think this pandemic has covered lots of medical. Next will be food. Between this and gun control with ammo shortages, controlling the masses will be quite easy. I know this sounds like conspiracy theory. Actually I believe in some of that, but this may be circumstance and possibly evil men. Being prepared will never hurt you. Being self-sufficient will never do you wrong. Sometimes it may be a hassle and more work, but it will always benefit you and your family. Do you best and prepare on! Semper Paratus Check 6 Burn