Protect Your Family From Disaster with an Emergency Food Supply
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Apollo in Food, Mind & Body, Money, Politics
Today we are truly blessed to enjoy a food supply that is a wonder of modern technology. The produce on your plate may have traveled thousands of miles across oceans and continents to arrive fresh in your local grocery. But the same technology that enables the tomato on your plate to travel 6,000 miles to you also makes our food supply extremely vulnerable to disruption.
The “Just in Time” inventory methods used today mean that there is not much extra supply on hand stored locally. And if a disruption to the transportation supply lines occurs – whether from natural disaster or a man-made disaster such as terrorist attack, energy shortage or even economic panic – food supplies could go down quickly. If the food supply lines do go down for any reason, we could face serious shortages of the most basic supplies that our families need for survival.
Fortunately, today there are many sources of emergency food supplies which can be stored safely and conveniently in your own home. From freeze-dried, dehydrated foods to complete MRE’s
or Meals Ready to Eat, the same food used in the field by the US Military, an emergency supply of food to meet any size family for any period of time is available to those who are willing to take the initiative to plan ahead.
Most preparedness experts recommend storage of at least a minimum of three days supply of food and water for each family member in the case of a natural disaster. However, even this should be considered only a minimum standard, because in the case of a serious disruption to the transportation, economic or energy infrastructure, food scarcity could last for an extended period of time – weeks or even months.
The good news is that bulk supplies of affordable, wholesome prepared foods are available that can be safely stored for extended periods of time. Complete emergency preparedness food packages, water filters and other emergency supplies are available at reasonable prices.
In the case of an emergency, don’t expect to sit around and wait for the government to save you. Prudent, prepared citizens are taking the steps now to protect themselves and their families from any disaster that may occur:
Be Prepared for Any Emergency:
