[craigster59]

After reading about inflation, gas prices, fertilizer prices, Ukraine/Russia being the world's "breadbasket" I started to get the feeling that food is next.

Trying to keep this out of PARF and just looking for input and suggestions to help ease the burden that seems to be fast approaching.

I just bought an upright freezer from Home Depot. 16.5 CF capacity, no backorders (delivery Tuesday) and seems like it will work OK for our means. After shopping Costco last Saturday and the large package of country style ribs that I bought 2 weeks ago for $12 were now $20. Scallops have tripled in price and vegetables can't be far behind.

We already have 2 fridge/ freezers and I wanted something devoted to strictly frozen foods. I'm not so much a "doomsday prepper" as much as I am a "cheapskate".

My Wife is German and lived there during Chernobyl. No food grown in Northern European countries was fit for consumption and I think to this day mushrooms grown in the area are verboten. All it would take is some type of "accident" and we could have a real food crisis on our hands.

Anyone else thinking of trying to stay ahead of the curve? I read where in the 1950's almost 25% of Americans grew vegetables in their backyards, today that number is around 1.2% That might be my next project along with canning and preserving.