Flight in Winter

This is Part III in a series on sizing your food storage.

Read Size Matters Part I and Size Matters Part II before continuing.

In the first two installments in  this series on preparation, we covered the unsettling truth that you simply cannot put an extended food storage in a pantry or converted closet.  We also covered how you can systematically add to your food storage.

I would like to drive home the first point in such a way that you never forget it, so to put things into perspective, let’s take a look at one years worth of food for two people who don’t eat much.  That’s only about six bags of groceries per week.  How many do you buy?  Remember to count the trips to the Handy Stop.

Are you ready?

Brace yourself.

This message is a follow-up to the one entitled Size Matters (In Food Storage)  (Read the other one first)

Beginning your food storage program takes initiative.  Growing your food storage takes commitment and sacrifice.  You’ll have to do without something to make something else happen because you only have a limited amount of resources.  Get your priorities straight and keep them that way.

Let’s say you have been bringing home an extra case of canned goods every week or so and you finally have 12 cases in your food storage.  Two stacks, six cases high and it looks impressive in your closet, but how long will it last?