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by Organic Granny
The world is falling apart. This is not news. This is not rocket science. I believe that this world will come to a startling end and that Jesus will return again, but even without a belief in "Biblical end-time," you probably recognize that there are more wars, rumours of wars, and natural disasters occurring closer together all over the world than ever before. And that requires being prepared for the "emergency" situations that are going to affect all of us at some point-- the Hurricane Katrinas, the Haiti earthquakes, the ongoing typhoons in the Phlippines, landslides, monster blizzards, tornadoes, floods, etc. that will mean, at the very least, inconveniently long power outages, but more likely, no ability to buy any food (let alone good quality organic produce) and water, hunger, devastation to our homes, and clogged emergency response rooms in hospitals and walk-in medi-clinics.
I live on an island. It's a large island, but the story out there is that within three days of no deliveries by ferries and trucks from afar, any 'real' food will be gone from all the store shelves. At present, less than 10% of what we eat here is grown or raised on this island. You might want to check what the food security stats show for where you live. If you, like us, survive on food that is trucked in from hundreds, even thousands, of miles away, what can you do to provide for yourself, your family, and your community when that impending disaster hits? Educate yourself. Do what you need to do to "be personally resilient" and not a further drain on limited emergency response resources. And educate others in your sphere of influence about what they can do. If you go here, you can read what the large city of Vancouver has provided as a glossary for problem-solving around the issues of 'food security' (along with definitions for that concept) that might give you some ideas for your own community, or to check out what is already being strategized or exists as policy.
At a presentation at Seedy Sunday in Nanaimo, I was so thrilled to find the book called Food Security for the Faint of Heart: Keeping Your Larder Full in Lean Times" by Robin Wheeler. There is quite a lot of information on the internet (and in books, etc.) from an American perspective; I'm excited to have access to information that is Canadian, and more specific and common to both of us, coastal British Columbian (Robin survived in 1996 in a small structure on Mount Elphinstone on BC's Sunshine Coast and our son Conrad lived on Mount Elphinstone, under a tarp shelter, in the winter of 2002).This book is a godsend for anyone who wants to know about what to do to prepare to be food-secure during the grim days to come. The stories in this book make it an entertaining read, as well. Information is NOT power-- really, the empowerment lies in doing something with the information we come by... this book provides that impetus!
🥤 Article and photos © 2025 Cynthia Zirkwitz | Organic Granny
Please share the link, not the full recipe — thanks for supporting independent writers!
Nourishing life with integrity, simplicity, and compassion at Organic Granny.
The world is falling apart. This is not news. This is not rocket science. I believe that this world will come to a startling end and that Jesus will return again, but even without a belief in "Biblical end-time," you probably recognize that there are more wars, rumours of wars, and natural disasters occurring closer together all over the world than ever before. And that requires being prepared for the "emergency" situations that are going to affect all of us at some point-- the Hurricane Katrinas, the Haiti earthquakes, the ongoing typhoons in the Phlippines, landslides, monster blizzards, tornadoes, floods, etc. that will mean, at the very least, inconveniently long power outages, but more likely, no ability to buy any food (let alone good quality organic produce) and water, hunger, devastation to our homes, and clogged emergency response rooms in hospitals and walk-in medi-clinics.
I live on an island. It's a large island, but the story out there is that within three days of no deliveries by ferries and trucks from afar, any 'real' food will be gone from all the store shelves. At present, less than 10% of what we eat here is grown or raised on this island. You might want to check what the food security stats show for where you live. If you, like us, survive on food that is trucked in from hundreds, even thousands, of miles away, what can you do to provide for yourself, your family, and your community when that impending disaster hits? Educate yourself. Do what you need to do to "be personally resilient" and not a further drain on limited emergency response resources. And educate others in your sphere of influence about what they can do. If you go here, you can read what the large city of Vancouver has provided as a glossary for problem-solving around the issues of 'food security' (along with definitions for that concept) that might give you some ideas for your own community, or to check out what is already being strategized or exists as policy.
At a presentation at Seedy Sunday in Nanaimo, I was so thrilled to find the book called Food Security for the Faint of Heart: Keeping Your Larder Full in Lean Times" by Robin Wheeler. There is quite a lot of information on the internet (and in books, etc.) from an American perspective; I'm excited to have access to information that is Canadian, and more specific and common to both of us, coastal British Columbian (Robin survived in 1996 in a small structure on Mount Elphinstone on BC's Sunshine Coast and our son Conrad lived on Mount Elphinstone, under a tarp shelter, in the winter of 2002).This book is a godsend for anyone who wants to know about what to do to prepare to be food-secure during the grim days to come. The stories in this book make it an entertaining read, as well. Information is NOT power-- really, the empowerment lies in doing something with the information we come by... this book provides that impetus!
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🥤 Article and photos © 2025 Cynthia Zirkwitz | Organic Granny
Please share the link, not the full recipe — thanks for supporting independent writers!
Nourishing life with integrity, simplicity, and compassion at Organic Granny.
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