Short-term disruptions — a 3-day power outage, a week of bad weather — can be handled with a well-stocked pantry. But what about scenarios that last weeks or months? Economic disruption, pandemic lockdowns, major supply chain failures. Long-term food storage bridges that gap. Done right, you can build a 3-6 month food supply that costs less than $2/day per person and lasts 20+ years on the shelf. I learned the value of this the hard way. During a 5-day mutual aid trip in Texas after the 2021 fre