As a result of this crisis, survival food is more important than ever.
According to leading industry sources, grocery stores across the United States are worried about food shortages.
Experts say more grocery hoarding may come as disruptions push America's food supply "near it's breaking point".
Emergency preparedness means expecting the unexpected. Preparing for emergencies means thinking strategically about everything you may need in every type of disaster.
Supply chain disruptions and empty grocery store shelves show us how important it is to have emergency supplies and backup plans.
If we don't prepare now we could be setting our families up to be hungry in a time of crisis.
Sounds like a harsh truth I don't want to think about but if I don't think about it then who will?
I cannot sit back and expect the government or someone else to think about the health and well-being of my Self and my children.
When push comes to shove, people will be pushing and shoving and fighting for their own.
I don't know about you, however, I would rather be prepared and not need it than need it and not be prepared.
But how does one properly prepare? How does one know what to store, how to store it, where to store it, how much to store, etc?
I was taught how to can food by my grandmother when I was a child. Long and tedious process it is. She had a room with floor to ceiling shelves stocked with all sorts of foods grown from their garden.
I tell you what, there was nothing quite like opening a jar a canned peaches for breakfast or a jar of canned dilly beans to snack on. Those are some of my fondest childhood memories.
My grandparents canned for as long as I can remember and never did they have to rely on food storage for survival purposes. It was just there as part of their food supply and for "just in case".
So nothing ever really happened despite the fact that they has a supply of emergency food and for a while there and, I'll admit, we kind of got a bit complacent and comfortable. Didn't really stock as much because nothing was really happening that required it.
And now here we are, supply chain disruptions, bare shelves, food shortages and now there's that sickening gut feeling of "I'm not as prepared as I should be" or "I wonder if what we have is enough if something happens" and that sucks because we've had all this time and all this example and all of these promptings to be prepared.
So it feels like what we are experiencing now is a swift kick in the pants, a little taste of how things could be and just enough to snap us all awake and remind us of just how important being prepared it.
So now, more than ever, is a good time to take stock of your shelves, your storage, your supply and see what you have, get it organized, rotate the oldest to the front and the newest to the back, and see what needs to be added.
Water, food, seeds, medicine and first aid, oils, spices, etc.
Having something is better than having nothing.
Having enough for your family and perhaps a little to share with those in need sound like a place where I would rather be.
So that's where my focus is going to be.
That's what I am going to prepare for because I would rather have it there as a quiet reassurance that all will be well than not have it there and be panicking when shelves are bare and food is scarce.