I'm sorry. My post was not a well organized.

What I was wanting to discuss are ways for preparing for long-term shortage of resources, food in this example, beyond stocking up:

I did mention a preventive measure, consume goods that would otherwise go bad. However, that would only get us so far.

I also mentioned am learning to make do with what we have so that I would know how to improvise when supplies run low.

Beyond simply stocking up, how do we prepare for a long-term shortage?

Jeanette Isabelle