If you've not heard, Avian Flu is spreading across the nation. Whether or not it's a real event, folks in charge are having huge numbers of birds "depopulated" (as they like to call it). This includes both commercial flocks and small backyard operations. Egg prices are going to be through the roof soon.

Small prep: chicks are everywhere right now. Go down to your local feed store, TSC, whatever you've got, and get yourself a half dozen or more. They are easy to raise, relatively inexpensive to feed, and will start making you breakfast in about 16 weeks. Chickens love your salad scraps, bugs, mice - you name it; they'll probably eat it! Screw your ridiculous HOA rules and get yourselves some chickens.

Once you have a surplus of eggs, look into Egg Glassing for long term storage. We've been eating duck eggs that are currently 1.5 years old, and they are perfect.

Food in general is likely to become decidedly more expensive and scarce. We have a small farm, and the price of commercial grade fertilizer is just insane. One small and easy solution in case the shit really hits the fan? Potatoes.

Small prep: go buy yourself a few bags of organic potatoes now. Let them start to sprout. Once they do, cut the potato up into small sections (generally with two eyes each) and plant. You can grow potatoes in almost anything - the ground, containers, trash bags, etc. Small amounts of care and water will yield you TONS of potatoes.

(Even better: buy real "potato seeds" that should be appearing in gardening centers soon, depending on where you live.)

You can live on eggs, potatoes and water for quite some time. You can barter with eggs and potatoes.

PS - everything I've mentioned here is easily searchable for more detail and instructions, even on the totally cucked browsers. :D