It only takes a major storm, a disruption in shipping, or a public panic to empty a grocery store, leaving many people without the means to provide for the basic needs of their family. Economic downturn or loss of employment are everyday realities. You know that growing your own food is a great way to ensure self reliance and peace of mind in the face of any hardship. Be proactive; take control of your family’s food supply by growing your own produce year round. So, what is the best way to survive a disaster?
TUFF Greenhouse = Grocery Store in your Backyard
Could It Happen To You?
Survive
- Natural Disasters – 
Crippling natural disasters in Haiti, the Tsunami in 2004, and Hurricane Katrina are examples of how quickly and unexpectedly our way of life can be disrupted. If a disaster were to strike today the average American home is only 7 meals away from needing an external food source.
- Shipping Problems – All it would take is a truck strike, a gasoline shortage, or a natural disaster and your grocery store would be out of food within hours.
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Health & Disease Outbreak – We’ve been reminded recently with the E-Coli outbreak in tomatoes and the Salmonella outbreak in spinach that depending on commercial growers to produce and ship us food is a risky wager. In addition the nutritional content of these mass-produced fruits and vegetables continues to decline each year.
- Rising Prices of Produce – Blame it on all the middle men, government regulations, corporate greed, or inflation, the fact is that a pound of tasteless tomatoes in your local grocery store is horribly over priced. Start doing the math of what it will take to grow it yourself and there is no comparison
- Government Regulation/Controls – If you don’t think the government has anything to do with your food consumption, Think Again! Everything that ends up on your table, if you purchased it from a local grocery store, has been regulated by the government in some way. The FDA can stop the sale of a particular fruit or vegetable overnight.
