to be honest, only those that band together and pool resources will survive in a protracted shtf scenario where food is scarce and you have bands of marauders.  It would be smart to gather a collective for such an occurrence I would think,

It is true that there is safety in numbers and as a general rule it may be your best bet; but the difficulty with that always seems to center around who gets to be in charge. When you are sharing resources like food, who gets to decide how food should be rationed? (Or are you just bartering?) What if someone breaks the rules or disagrees with the rules? What if some individuals decide to bug-out on their own? This scenario can easily break down depending on the level of "shtf". It would probably work best for relatives wanting to band together. Most of my relatives and friends put up with my prepping but are not convinced that it is something they wish to do. Most people look at prepping with raised eyebrows or rolled eyes.

 

All you can do is prepare for the worst but hope for the best.

The thread for discussions on storing, obtaining and preparing food for all your prepping needs.

 

 

im not getting any food storing tips from a dude named Alpo

So has anyone bought any of those pre-made buckets of food like Wise, Survival Cave, Legacy or Easy Prep? Which brand, are you happy with it, how long do you expect to keep it on the shelf and do you plan to start eating it to rotate the stock?

My opinion is that if you don't normally eat that stuff, why store it? I think their best use is to supply other people, such as maybe giving some to your family in a emergency.   I think buying some #10 cans of stuff you would normally eat, in addition to having a decent supply of the things you usually cook with makes sense, so buying those from the industry bigs makes sense, I'm just not sure the combo buckets make that much sense.

 

On the other hand I know some people build their own combo buckets, suited to their tastes, meaning they include stuff they know they like and they know they can cook, and use the combo bucket as means of not having to open up bulk containers of many different things. To me that makes more sense.