Jeffrey Varnado

Former Ebay Sellers vs. Ebay, Inc.
2014-04-04 03:20:35 (UTC)

Basic Prep

Plant a garden.
Grow food indoors in sunny windows.
Consider an aquaponics set-up in a spare room.
Raise chickens and meat rabbits.
Stock up NOW on long-term staples like grains and beans, before limits are instituted.
Buy heirloom seeds – lots and lots of seeds.
Practice careful OPSEC (OPerational SECurity) when making large purchases.
Store longterm food supplies in more than one location. That way if you lose some of your supplies to thugs (government or other varieties), you still have supplies to fall back on.
Learn to preserve food.
Stock up of preservation supplies like lids, jars, etc.
Do NOT use so-called “loyalty cards” or memberships to make large purchases.
When ordering large quantities of supplies, consider having them mailed to some place other than your home.
Use cash or prepaid VISA cards purchased with cash to make large purchases.
Don’t tell others about your supplies and purchases.
Teach your children not to discuss things like food pantries and preparedness.
Don’t store your supplies out in the open for anyone who comes into your home to see. Stash your 5 gallon pails away in closets, under beds, or in the basement.
Disengage from the system by purchasing from small local farmers.
Use the barter system whenever possible. When money was tight and I lived in a place where I couldn’t grow much food, I worked on a farm harvesting vegetables in exchange for produce that I could preserve for my family.
Change the way you eat – go with a local, in-season menu that is far more difficult to track than grocery-store purchased items.
Learn to forage. Even in the city, you might be surprised at how many things can be found growing in your own back yard or falling off of the trees in a local park. My children and I picked up one small bag of walnuts a day at a little park down the street one year, resulting in almost 15 pounds of shelled nuts by the time we were through.




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