Plan to Fight Inflationary Times
Top 3 Reasons for Food Storage
Inflation
- Not much you can do to control the price of food
- September & October 2010
- corn prices rose by 29%
- soybean prices rose by 22%
- orange juice prices rose by 17%
- sugar prices rose by 51%
- wheat prices rose by 36% - since the beginning of July
- November 2010
- cost of food rose 1% = 12% annual inflation
- eggs rose by 23%
- fruit jumped 14%
- December 1-December 15 2010
- corn rose 3%
- coffee rose +8%
- sugar rose 8.49%
- oats rose 6%
Disruptions in the Supply Chain
- We import a large portion of our food from other countries
- many countries safety standards are lower than ours for insecticides, fertilizers, bacterial & chemical contamination
- Events that can cause significant food shortages
- natural disasters
- unemployment or extended illness
- terrorist attacks
- crop failures
- major shifts in political power
- spike in fuel costs
- Grid down - solar flares or EMP strike
Unemployment - Extended Illness
- Unemployment still stands around 9%
- This is only the reported number, the actual figure is around 27%
No Matter Where You Live, The Most Important Thing is...
- Water?
- Food?
- A good second meet up Location?
- A reliable vehicle to get to it?
- Firearms?
- There are probably as many answers to the important question of what the most important thing to have in an emergency is
Basic Survival List
- Good water source
- Six month supply of food per person "minimum"
- First aid supplies
- Survival supplies
- A pistol, or a 12 gauge shotgun and at least 1,000 rounds for each gun (per FEMA)
