The document highlights nine essential reasons for maintaining an emergency food supply, including protection against food contamination, financial problems, illness, and natural disasters. It argues that having a well-stocked food supply can ensure personal freedom, safety, and financial stability during crises. The author encourages individuals to prepare for potential food shortages and rising costs by investing in food storage as a long-term strategy.

1. 9 Problems Food Can Fix
By Steve Shenk and myfarminabox.com

2. Food is Our Greatest Dependency
Food is the greatest insurance of
independence, liberty, and personal freedom
you can obtain.
So why don’t more people have a supply of food storage?

3. In case you still aren’t convinced,
here are 9essential purposes for which your food
supply is an absolute necessity.

4. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
1. Food Contamination
Severe food contamination has caused significant quantities of food to be
recalled in recent years. The advantage you have with a dehydrated supply of
food storage is that the dangerous little critters (bacteria and such) can’t live in
the low-moisture environment of dehydrated foods.
A SHORT-TERM food storage supply is needed here to get you through the danger time.

5. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
2. Financial Problems
Financial problems come from either a decrease in income or an increase in
expenses. With employment layoffs and hours being cut back, incomes for
many of us have decreased considerably at the same time that we’ve had
increases in our cost-of-living expenses. The big three expenses have been
traditionally home, food, and car (in that order). Now we are seeing huge
numbers of families where their food is the largest cost they have each month.
A medium to long-term/ongoing supply is needed here.

6. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
3. Illness
Illness can be financially devastating and when it strikes, if your food is already
taken care of, you can focus totally on getting well rather than survival. The
quantity of food required in your emergency supply obviously varies depending
on the nature of the illness. A good rule of thumb is at least a one-month supply
for each member of the family, but it may be necessary to go to a long-term
strategy.

7. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
4. Emergency lockdown/martial law
Under these circumstances, you are usually
required to stay in your home for the duration of
the problem. A minimum of a one-month supply
for each adult in the home is the guideline, but
based on experience in other countries, a three-
month supply would be wise.

8. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
5. A Disease Epidemic
I treat epidemic separately because there’s a stipulation in the Patriot Act that
if you are unable to provide for yourself (Food and water etc.) for a
guesstimated 30-day quarantine, it will be necessary to move to a “gathering
center.” The quantity of food stored for the situation is obviously one-month
supply, but you may want to seriously consider at least two months for each
member of the family since, to date, no one has actually experienced this
scenario.

9. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
6. Food shortages & extreme high food prices
These are the two primary reasons for a long-term food storage program.
The best time to buy is as soon as possible because the costs go up
noticeably over time. With several years of severe drought, food shortages
are occurring that have never been experienced before. How much food? I
would suggest that you study carefully the conditions we are facing and
decide for yourself. Most folks who are aware of the serious nature of the
food shortages are thinking in terms of a year or more.

10. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
7. Natural Disasters
Storms, earthquakes, mudslides, & floods are what people normally think of
when they consider “emergency” preparedness. Oddly enough, these are
relatively easy to prepare for and, though they are devastating for those who
experience them they usually hit a relatively small portion of our population at
a time. FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) has
recommended a minimum of a three-day food and water supply per person
along with an emergency supply and tool kit. However, experience has shown
that a one-month supply of food per person is highly recommended.

11. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
8. Your food will keep your guns
I don’t want to get into the gun issue at this point. However, every country
that has chosen to disarm its population has used food, or the lack of it, in a
“food for guns” program to do so. Simply, “you never have to stand in a
breadline, to trade your guns or any of your other freedoms, if you have
your own bread.” In my opinion, the most probable need for your gun is to
protect you and your food from the fool that thinks his gun is an excuse not
to responsibly prepare for himself and hopes to take your stuff.

12. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
9. Food is your best possible
savings account
Every dollar put into a food supply immediately has twice its value in
groceries. Money not spent on food can help everywhere else in your
budget. With the terrible inflation on food, which will get worse as time
goes by, the value of your food savings account will increase faster than
any other possible investment.

13. 9 Essential Purposes for an Emergency Food Supply
Now I know you don’t believe it. Even I almost don’t believe
it, but food is disappearing. Please do your research. When
you believe the food is disappearing you will want to
seriously stock up in your FOOD SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Interested in learning more about starting your own
FOOD SAVINGS ACCOUNT?
Visit
www.myfarminabox.com
to learn how to prepare yourself and your loved ones for future
food emergencies.