Food and Our Lives

The future is not set in stone. This is why storing some food for your family makes perfect sense.

Here are some important reasons to create a supply of storable food:

Contamination of Food Supplies Quarantines Disruptions in Transportation Social Unrest Acts of Terrorism Economic Downturn Unemployment Erratic Weather (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, droughts)

Being adequately prepared for a disaster can lessen fear and anxiety, as well as losses. This means having a supply of food, water, and other supplies in sufficient quantities to last for an extended period. If you don’t have these things, you will be at the mercy of local relief organizations and the government. This is not an enviable position to be in. Remember what happened to New Orleans residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

The disappearance of the bees is another reason to store food. Most scientists agree that 70% to 80% of the bees have disappeared. No one knows where they went. In general, people also don’t know how important the bees are in producing the food that they eat each day. If you feel that the bees disappearance isn’t affecting the food supply very much, what will you think if more disappear? Research scientists tell us that if the bees continue to disappear, the quality and quantity of food in the grocery stores will fall off rapidly.

In 1960, the United States was able to produce enough food to feed the world five times over. Now the U.S. can’t even grow enough food top feed its own population. So we import most of our food from other countries. How safe is this imported food? The past few months have provided several instances of contaminated food imported from China being sold in the U.S. and making people very sick. Several have even die. You wonder how we could have allowed the United States to get into this position?

It is worth noting that there was not enough food produced on the Earth last year in order to cover what was eaten. Currently, we are running at a deficit. How long can this continue before we start seeing shortages of food at the grocery stores, or even worse, before we start seeing rationing?

You will not be able to control the destiny of your family if you have to run to the grocery store every few days to obtain food. Any breakdown of the food distribution chain will cause shortages to start appearing in the grocery store shelves almost immediately. Are you comfortable with the chance that your family won’t have enough food to eat when they really need it?

Remember, when you have your own food supply, youll never have to stand in a food line and beg for help.

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