Crisis Response

Food Shortage: 30-90 Days Without Grocery Stores

Supply chains break. Stores close or empty. Average household has 3-7 days of food. Here's what happens next.

Weeks to months depending on cause
Typical Duration
Rare in US but increasing - supply chain disruption, extreme weather, pandemics
Occurrence
Critical - children and vulnerable adults at risk within 72 hours
Severity
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The Pantry Audit

immediate
⏱️1 hours

Walk to your kitchen. Open every cabinet, every drawer, the pantry. Count what you see. Most households discover: 3-7 days of actual food. Maybe 10 days if you stretch it.

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PANTRY DEPTH: How many days of food do you have stored? (Be honest - count calories, not items)

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WHAT'S IN STORAGE: What types of food do you have stockpiled? (Check all that apply)

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The Store Rush

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⏱️72 hours

News breaks. Supply chain disruption. Everyone rushes stores simultaneously. Shelves stripped in hours. Person ahead has three carts. You're getting nothing. Average family of 4 spends $10,000+ yearly on groceries. 30 days of stored food costs $400.

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What backup cooking tools do you already have?

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FOOD PRESERVATION: Can you preserve food to extend supply? (Check all that apply)

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Eating Through Storage

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⏱️240 hours

Fresh food gone. Eating canned and dry goods now. Same meal three days running. Breakfast: oatmeal. Lunch: peanut butter. Dinner: rice and beans. Again. And tomorrow. Kids complaining.

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FOOD PRODUCTION: Storage runs out eventually. What production capability do you have? (Check all)

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Neighbor has rice but no protein. You have canned tuna but no rice. Trade solves both. How connected is your street?

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The Hunger Phase

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⏱️360 hours

Your street splitting. Coordinated households uncomfortable but functional. Uncoordinated households in crisis. Adults losing weight. Kids hungry. The math proves itself: three prepared households feeding 12 families through coordination.

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In a food coordination network, what role could YOU play?

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Network Resilience

extended
⏱️720 hours

Two months without stores. Your coordination network of 5 households still eating adequately. Bulk rice from one house, canned protein from another, fresh vegetables from the garden. They're not consuming storage - they're managing abundance through coordination.

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This scenario revealed gaps. What's your #1 food security priority?

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