Lets talk about food, food is our source of energy, like gas for a car, but also our source of nutrition. A human can survive or ramen noodles and
Mountain Dew for only so long before things begin to get messed up, after a longer diet of junk, things begin to fail.
You will most likely not have access to the most healthy foods if infrastructure is messed up so plan accordingly. I want to stress vitamin
supplements, you can prolong the need to eat healthy by using the junk to feel full, and supplements to provide nourishment. A good source of
supplements for survivalist needs will be wholesale outlets such as Sam's and Costco. Once you have your supplements, be ready to rotate them, using
them up(You should be taking vitamin supplements everyday anyway.) and buying fresh every once in a while.
Now while this may seem out of place, I suggest picking up some bulk toilet paper while you are shopping wholesale, its cheep, and may be worth more
than gold ounce per ounce if people begin to run out.
Food should be whatever you can afford. Because this guide is meant to be cheap and dirty we will cover a very basic pantry. Buy 5 gallon buckets in a
food grade form. It may require hunting down online, but the cost will save you space and time later. Buy flour, in bulk at wholesale price. Get plain
oatmeal, basic grain based foods, minute rice is a good choice. Take your bulk foods, put in 5 gallon buckets, label, you are basically done.
I will take the preparing buckets of food a step further if you have the willingness to step up to the plate. Take silica packets ( you find these in
new shoes and electronics) and put them in the microwave a few seconds to kill germs, then toss one into each bucket. Any moisture in your buckets
will not be a threat. Another great suggestion is to hot glue your buckets shut to keep them water tight.
Foods in plastic and glass containers are good to go for storage in most cases, but putting them in boxes or bins can help organize.
Now to justify buying a ton of food, rotate it. Use your survival foods and replace anything you take, if done at all you will never have expired food
on hand.
On the note of storing food and water, you don't need a bunker to store this, it may just be a dedicated part of your pantry reserved for survival
food.
This concludes the noob guide, I stress that you make your own call on how to proceed and not just take a random guide on the internet for fact.
With a little planning you may be helping yourself if bad times come, allowing you to be able to help others.


just my thoughts on the subject...