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1. I buy canned bulk food like wheat and beans and rice from the LDS mormon website. The shelf life is 25 years, which exceeds my shelf life. They only charge $3 shipping regardless of the size of the order. It is one of the most mentally comforting things I have ever done, right along with buying my first firearm and ammunition. I consider buying bulk food to be insurance, which makes the expenditure logical and no different than health or car insurance.

2. Oil Hedge Fund Manager says $300 oil not out of the realm of possibility https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-30/oil-hedge-fund-manager-andurand-says-300-oil-not-impossible

3. The Silver Manifesto … just downloaded it; though I just rolled over a 401K into a SD-IRA checkbook account and invested the whole 401K amount into silver and a small amount of gold. Now to buy food stores. Thanks for the heads up …

4. I agree on storing wheat and rice. While white rice will store long term very well, it lacks nutrition. Organic brown rice has the nutrients and none of the toxins. It can be dry canned for long term so that it won’t go rancid. It’s going to be even more important for us to get all the nutrition we can when TSHTF. Just google dry canning if you aren’t familiar with this method. It works for nuts and seeds too, and other things that are good whole foods that tend to go rancid like cracked or rolled grains.

5. Has anyone noticed gold cannot hold a $1350. And it hasn’t for years.
   As for silver it cannot hit $18.

   And if/ when the dollar collapses who will determine the value of either one?

   Also, does anyone doubt if gold or silver ever hit $5000 for gold or $200 for silver per ounce that our government would tax it heavily or just confiscate it like it did in the 1930’s?

   I would rather have food.

6. I know this article is about long term storage, but getting fresh replacements will also keep you alive. If you can grow anything at all where you live I would recommend some of the heirloom grains like amaranth and quinoa. Seed grains take up little room in your stores and can be hidden from anyone robbing your supplies. Also many people don’t know what these supergrains look like as plants and might overlook them as wildflowers in the field. Short-season vegetables might be the smarter way to go if we’re entering a cooling phase. Aquaponics is a useful way to get fresh food from a small space and will fit on a deck or rooftop. Be sure your seeds are non gmo from a reliable source. Remember – whoever controls the food supply controls the people who have to eat it or starve.

7. Wheat and white rice have very little nutrional value except as carbohydrates. Beans added to rice makes it a complete protein,consider rotating canned fruit and vegetables for a more balanced diet with storage life and barter ability.

8. I regularly trade silver on paper in both directions. Just cashed-in (limit sell order) on the short side.

   My edge: Silver cannot get above its 50-MONTH moving average, on the MONTHLY (not daily or weekly) chart. That is the point where the bots, etc. run by the usual manipulators (Deutche Bank, etc.) slam silver back down.

   Until silver can break above, and stay above the 50-month MA, it doesn’t matter how many times you read “The Silver Manifesto.” Silver isn’t going anywhere.

9. I have a bunch of wheat and rice stored, from when we ate those grains. Now, we have changed our diet so we don’t eat them, so I guess they’d be good for storage. I tend to not think of my food storage strictly for barter, although that’s a consideration. I tend to think of what we are willing to eat, and I try to be producing that, such as chicken, beef, pork, eggs, milk, cheese, butter, veggies, fruit, etc. Those are the things that tend to get stored in large quantities.

10. It’s the end of the month, I’ve paid all my bills, set aside my savings for future accounts.
    I saw that silver took a dip this morning, so I called my local coin shop and had them set aside six ounces (about $100+) for me at spot + handling, to pick up this afternoon after work.
    Little by little……….

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