Home Food Storage - 5 Reasons To Store Food
One of the best things you can do for you and your family is have a cache of emergency food squirreled away. Starting a storage of survival food is something people do for a variety of reasons. Here are 5 top reasons you need to start your home food storage today: #1 Protection Against Runaway Food Inflation
With the government printing more and more money, many experts are predicting rampant inflation in the next few years - which will also affect food prices (they've already gone up in the past year quite a bit). What kind of inflation? Think pre-World War II Germany or Zimbabwe. In fact, here's one quote from the National Inflation Association: "The National Inflation Association projects that at the average U.S. grocery store it will soon cost $11.43 for one ear of corn, $23.05 for a 24 oz loaf of wheat bread, $62.21 for a 32 oz package of Domino Granulated Sugar, $24.31 for a 32 fl oz container of soy milk, $77.71 for a 11.30 oz container of Folgers Classic Roast Coffee, $45.71 for a 64 fl oz container of Minute Maid Orange Juice, and $15.50 for a Hershey's Milk Chocolate 1.55 oz candy bar."
While we all hope it's not going to come to that, there seems to be no end to the printing press and 'quantitative easing' in sight these days. So you have to protect yourself. If runaway food inflation hits, food prices could double or triple very quickly. Having a storage of food (that you bought at today's prices) will help protect you and keep your family well fed when many people may not even be able to buy the essentials. #2 Protection Against Unemployment
It will also give you enough time to regroup, find another job or even start your own business and get the money coming in again. #3 Protection Against Natural Disaster According to FEMA, should a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina occur, emergency crews could take up to 3 days to get emergency food and water supplies to you (and that's only if everything goes according to plan - which it often does not). That means you should at least have 3 days worth of food and water stored - a lot more if you want to be fully protected. And if you have to leave your house, many experts recommend having a backpack or dufflebag on hand with food, water and supplies for at least 3 days (a 72 hour survival kit). So if you're suddenly told to leave your home (as in the case of the California wild fires), you're ready to go with your supplies.
#4 Protection Against Food Shortages More and more experts are warning of fast approaching food shortages in the next few years. Did you know for example that most cities have only about 3 days worth of food stocked on their shelves? All it takes is a crisis somewhere in the food delivery chain and you've got massive panic (not to mention skyrocketing food prices). Just look at what happened in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami - store shelves were empty within a few days. Japan's Nuclear Danger Empties Food Shelves in Panic Buying Having a food store in your home means you don't have to go out to roam through the panicked crowds just to try and find some food for your family. #5 Protection Against Man-Made Disasters Terrorist attacks, black outs, martial law - these things seemed foreign to us 10 years ago. But the world today seems like a more dangerous place. People in other countries have stores of emergency food because they live in a world that we're just starting to experience. No matter what happens, if you're going to weather the crisis you're going to need water and good food to keep going.
So those are 5 reasons why you need to start a home food storage today. The more food stored the better - I recommend 1 year's worth but you can also get packages for 1 month, 3 months and 6 months. Other people choose to build their stores slowly as they have the money. Keep in mind however that having a few cans of Chef Boyardee is not going to cut it - at least not for more than a few days. You need to have a variety of food that has as much vitamins, minerals and nutrients as possible (it's estimated that we burn through our vitamin stores twice as fast during times of high stress). That's why many people choose to buy freeze dried or dehydrated foods for long term food storage. This food has been specially made and prepackaged to contain high levels of nutrition and last for 25 or more years - so you buy it once and then forget it, there's no rotating your food out and buying more every few months. You can get a long term food storage package like these one year food storage units (plus buying in bulk saves you money) or build it yourself. There are a lot of options. So take the time and educate yourself on what's right for you. But no matter what you do, get something stored away for your home food storage. Protect yourself and your family. For a list of the best places to buy survival foods online including freeze dried foods, Meals Ready to Eat, dehydrated foods and more visit Emergency Food Supplies
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Losing your job is stressful enough. With today's sluggish economy, you can't be sure you'll find another job so quickly. So having 6 months to a year's worth of home food storage will help ease the financial stress of buying food.