photo source Thoughts on Pantry Preparedness... “Food security is not in the supermarket. It's not in the government. It's not at the emergency services division. True food security is the historical normalcy of packing it in during the abundant times, building that in-house larder, and resting easy knowing that our little ones are not dependent on next week's farmers' market or the electronic cashiers at the supermarket.” ~ Joel Salatin, Excerpt from Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World "And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine." ~ Genesis 41:35-36 "There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer…" ~ Proverbs 30:24-25 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." ~ Proverbs 6:6-8 “It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt “Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.” ~ Gen. George S. Patton “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~ Benjamin Franklin "The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty." ~ Proverbs 22:3 Recommended Reading: Should a Christian Practice Food Storage? Ten Reasons to Prepare a Pantry