Food Storage: The Root Cellar
In a possible grid down situation, proper food storage is paramount to prevent vitamin deficiencies and much disease. Canning can help get you through the lean months, but using a root cellar can help stretch out your canned food supplies and offer the illusion of eating fresh vegetables. For those who plan to stock up for the SHTF by strictly buying guns and ammo thinking you can just live off the land, remember: You can starve to death on a belly full of rabbits.
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