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Vucko · Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 10 Location: Wa

How much food do you have stored?

I have a mix of beans, rice, oatmeal, and pasta in 5 gal buckets, #10 cans of Mtn House freeze dry, #10 cans of dehydrated, MREs and a lot of canned goods.
With proper management, our stash will last me, my wife and 2 dogs about 14-15 months.

We have a garden, seeds, greenhouse, pressure canner, snares and conibears to supplement what we have.

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FlatlinesUp · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 13

approx one year on current preps, for a family of 3 (one toddler).

I expect my garden/gathering/other skills and adaptation would extend that a little, not to mention, I havn't quit prepping, so the "Big Pile O Preps" (BPOP tm lol) just keeps getting bigger.

Guess it also comes down to what "it" is when it hits and how bad it is, total cut off from everything vs. economic shut down that cripples but doesn't kill the country etc.

EDIT: based on poll: I do however have Dominoes on speed dial, and although I wouldn't eat my pets, I keep track of how many my neighbors have lol Wink

arizonajeff · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

between 3 and 6 months, working on increasing that this year, just bought a 5 gallon bucket of honey - yum

batmanacw · Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 19

I have approx. 3 months for my immediate family, but since my BOL has a hell of alot of beef on hand, I am not worried about finding food, but keeping it!

We are working on getting chickens and having seeds on hand for planting things that go with beef. Smile

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Jaxon · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 16 Location: Boston

3-6 months and working to even it out for 2
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shenkhu · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 72 Location: south shore mtl

right now, i have about 3-4 days of supplies, but it will definately increase to a couple of months in the next weeks
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shenkhu · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 72 Location: south shore mtl

i'm actually in a suburb, closer to the farms than to the buildings, but you are right anyway, a month or two should be enough, the point is:the more you can gather, the better it is.... i'm planning on 3 months max for 2 peoples and even if it is too much, well, i can share or trade... or invite people for dinner!!! i hope we can still have a "social life" when TSHTF
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shenkhu · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 72 Location: south shore mtl

i know about that, don't worry but here's the other side of the medal:

it's not hard to make a difference between someone starving and someone who ated today... if they see the same person healty day after day, they will probably guess the reason soon enough, wich is why sharing with a couple of person is wise, those same persons want to PROTECT the ressource
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shenkhu · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 72 Location: south shore mtl

if TSHTF, being careless won't be an option, but teaming will... you can't just sit on your food supply to make sure no one grab it, or can you??
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kicker42 · Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Argentine MI

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