Everyone is different as they have their own personal goals. I have a year's worth food and unlimited water. After one year I would hope to be self sufficient but I am still tweaking those plans. If you have three months' supply and are working towards six you are well on your way. It just depends what your final target is and what you will be comfortable with.

I also have about a year's worth of food, with just a few items needing to be beefed up a bit. This total does fluctuate a bit though, as we use everything we store and replenish as sales come up or the garden grows or whatever. We keep very little in the way of the freeze dried "prepper" food, but we do store butter and cheese powder, some TVP, and the like. Have you tried the Thrive brand? There is a link on my blog to Briden Solutions that has an extensive line.
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Had a re-think on this - as we have no roads in North Qld that are completely navigatable in a T/C or flood situation, we are more likely be required to 'hoof-it-out'. That changes the dynamics a lot. So a couple of days for that but never ending water treatment supply methods as water is a primary requirement over food - plus it's our wet season, in these events, conventional food is hard to keep under these extreme conditions.

Then I have the - stay put plan. For not having to leave.

But water is the key to my survival plan.

3 month its pretty good but nothing compare renewal resource
personaly i stack 1 month of food per persson and 2 weeks of water wich i cant carry if something bad happen to my storage spot also i got 2 weeks of mre food if i need move
and water purificator of course

Thanks for sharing folks. I still gotta get myself up to the 3 month mark and eventually self-sustaining! Just a question though, where are the best or most common places to buy dehydrated food and other long term SHTF food? Costco? Mayrand? There seems to be lots of options in the US which are also considerably cheaper but here in Canada and especially Montreal, one seems to have to do a little more digging and maybe improvisation too... Thanks in advance for your further comments.

I depends on what type of dehydrated food you are looking for. Costco does carry a line of Thrive products for long term storage, but only fruits and vegetables - no meats or diary products. Although you can't just go in the store and pick them up off the shelves, you have to order these on-line. You can however, order directly from a Thrive representative (or any other company like Briden) and they can bring in the meats and diary products in from the States. There is only one company that I know of in Western Canada that has dehydrated meats (Bauly) but I find them fairly expensive. They too have diary products but am not sure if they have them shipped in from the States.

I have never seen any of the long storage products at Mayrand - they are more of a bulk grocery store. They have regular food like rice, powdered milk etc. that you can put in mylars bags, and vacuum seal them for long term storage.

I myself have ordered from Thrive & Briden and a couple of others (and there products are ok), but prefer to do my own dehydrating - especially fruits, vegetables and herbs. I have done eggs - and they turn out great - but it is not recommended (risk of salmonella). Meats I pressure can, cheese I wax etc. etc.

I checked Costco and they do offer Mountain House kits that include meat and protein (no dairy though)... $729 for a month of food for a family of 4. I could not find better... http://www.costco.ca/Mountain-House%C2%AE-4-week-Family-Emergency-Supply-Kit.product.10368287.html
I find soy milk is a great prepper milk replacement... Again, good prices at Costco and sometimes even cheaper on sale...

Thanks Dr. Beats. This must be a fairly new product for them. I still prefer to make my own dehydrated products. A little more work, but much cheaper, and in my mind, far more tasty. I also started making my own pre-made meals (just add water), and they are pretty good. I probably have at least 2 months worth of these, and it costs half (if not less) of what they are charging for 1 months of Mountain House products.

Adagio, props to you man. Is it still half the cost when you factor in the equipment needed (just a dehydrator and necessary storage?) and the time?

I already have the equipment and it paid itself off a long time ago. The storage part does add up at little, because I like to put them in mylar bags with O2 absorbers, and then pack them in 5 gallon buckets. (The buckets I got for $1 lid and all). But there again I buy everything in bulk so it isn't too bad. A person could put them in mason jars (which I buy on sale) with O2 absorbers, but that takes up more room and I have little of that. As far as time is concerned. It does take up a considerable amount of time. But since that doesn't cost me anything - I am good with that.

grains sealed in Pails with O2 absorbers will keep for 25-30 years and are still cheap , I bought certified organic red fife wheat for 45 cents a lb (1538 cal).

for O2 absorbers I use little hotties hand warmers available at costco in the winter ,much larger than O2 absorbers sold under that name, using the same

ingredients, iron powder salt and H2O , heres what it did to a pail that could have had a bit more put into it.

I'm having a little trouble inserting an image anyone care to help ?

apparently I'm not allowed to show a picture I took with my camera and downloaded to my pc , or it could be that I was born in the fifty's and can't figure it

out, any help would be appreciated , ( the picture showed a 5 US gallon pail sucked in from the vacuum when the O2 was removed )

My main point is that you can end up with a lot of food for little money, search for your local organic producers and give them a call

I bought 320lbs of organic rye for $55 thats 486,400 calories , 8800 for a buck,and will keep for 30 years , for some of you $55 is way less than your cable

bill. To my mind you should get as much actual food as you can , load up on the calories, and once you have enough of that for a good amount of time ,

then you can focus on what you like to eat ,

one of My grandmothers favorite sayings was " hunger is the the best sauce "

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