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Food & Water
The 30-Day Food & Water Emergency Buffer
The Risk
Supply chain shocks from an energy crisis can empty grocery shelves within days. A two-week buffer is the minimum; 30 days is the goal.
The Solution
A rotating stock of shelf-stable food, stored water, and filtration gives your household a full month of resilience.
Water first
You can live weeks without food but only days without water. Store 1 gallon per person per day.
- 30 days = 30 gallons per person
- Food-grade containers or stackable water bricks
- Add a gravity filter as backup
Food strategy: store what you eat
Don't buy buckets of food you've never tasted. Build a rotating pantry:
- Rice, pasta, oats, beans (bulk staples)
- Canned proteins (tuna, chicken, beans)
- Canned vegetables and fruit
- Cooking oil, salt, spices
- Peanut butter, nuts, protein bars
The rotation rule
Buy extra of what you already eat. Use the oldest first. Your buffer is always fresh and never wasted.
Don't forget
- Manual can opener
- Cooking fuel (camp stove + fuel)
- Vitamins / medications
- Pet food
Recommended System
WaterBrick Stackable Water Container (3.5 gal × 4)
Food-grade, stackable water storage. Four bricks hold 14 gallons — enough for two people for a week, or the core of a larger system.
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