I have been starting the process of canning food and trying to be intelligent in general about not being reliant on my grocery store in case SHTF here. Anybody have ideas on how to better expand that?
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If you live in a populated area you should consider bugging out somewhere less crowded. But have contingencies in case you cannot get there. At the very least keep a go bag in your car/truck with food and other supplies.
Go easy on the canned food. You need to supplement with other foods, particularly dehydrated. If you do alot of dehydrated food be sure to stock extra water for it.
Don't forget to have extra food for your pets.
I started prepping after BO got into office. I bought a lot of the size 10 cans of deyhdrated food. Once opened they will go bad unless I feed my neighbors which I intend to do now. If I had to do it again I would buy the individual meal packs of dehydrated food.
Buy large water storage systems you can stack. I have a number of them in my attic I refill and change out annually. We do have hurricanes here so already had to use them in an emergency situation.
Buy junk silver in a bag to use. These are typically old coins.
If you have a skill you can use to barter that is a plus. Be sure to have the supplies you need to do it. Hone up on that skill now. If you don't have a skill stock up on bottled liquor, cigarettes or other items people will need over time if grocery stores are depleted. Anything from tampons, toilet paper to bandaids and other medical supplies
Don't forget to have a well stocked medical kit. And extra meds in reserve.
And have plenty of reading material around to help pass time.
If you get a vacuum-sealer you can re-portion your large cans of dehydrated food into smaller amounts, throw in oxygen absorbing packs and you'll be good to go for years. We dehydrated some of our vegetable and herbs harvest and bought others to make mixes of 4, 6, 8 portions.