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Hi. This is the femme of the house. I have to admit that when my better half started talking about preparing for "the end of the world" I thought she had lost her mind a little, but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. The way I see it is that at any time between the months of December and April we could be snowed in and unable to get to the store. Even scarier is the thought that if something happened that limited our income, we would need a store of food so we could pay our other bills. There are a lot of reasons to stock up. Now I am totally into it. My advice to someone with a reluctant partner or spouse is to give them a scenario that could result in needing a store of food. Make these as believable as possible (such as a blizzard, hurricane, tornado) or ask them to come up with a situation.

Anyway, as a vegan I am used to planning when it comes to food. I always travel with food in my car, my purse, and have a little stash of munchies in my desk at work. I never know when I will stop at a gas station and have next to no choices and when I get hungry, I am grouchy! For other vegans needing to keep emergency rations I highly recommend Luna, Cliff or Odwalla bars, fruit & nut mix, animal crackers and dehydrated soup cups (where you will have access to hot water). Keep your eyes open for clearance items or good deals on bulk. You may have just read about my beloved buying me lots of lovely chili for only 29 cents a can (yum). I recently found vegan, whole grain crunchy granola bars at our local dollar store for $1 for a box of 6. They are organic and delicious. You never know what you might find at the dollar store... visit it often. I must be prepared because even if the world goes to hell I have no plans to eat meat. I'd love to talk to other vegans who are working on food storage and readiness issues. Let me know what you are putting away for a rainy (or snowy) day!