Many people would like to be more prepared however lack of funds get in the way. If you live on a low budget or fixed income you can still prepare. Maybe you wont be able to live high on the hog eating a years supply of freeze dried foods that was bought in a single purchase and delivered to your door on a pallet. But you will live. Many people have managed to survive disasters by eating strange meals but they ate.
To that end this thread is intended to show some low budget examples of ways to prepare.
To kick it off I'll tell how I just finished putting away 25 pounds of food for $6.00, not counting packaging.
You need to keep your eyes open for deals all the time and I recently scored two of them. Both were in the clearance section of a food store.
The first I found a 20 lb. bag of enriched rice that was a discontinued brand it was reduced to $5.00. I then used my Food Saver vacuum bagger to break it down into vacuum sealed packages holding 2 cups each which is a good size for my family. They should store well for 10 years or more and billions of people survive eating rice.
The second is a little odder. Shortly after the Jewish Passover Holiday I found a sale on Matzos, the Jewish unleavened bread/cracker. The sale was 5 lbs (5-1 lb boxes) for 99 cents. I did not know how it would work so I only bought one. I was able to successfully vacuum bag them in either 1 lb or 1/2 lb packages using the 11" roll bagging material and the gentle vacuum setting. Since Matzos are similar to hard tack they should store well and for the price you could not buy the flour to make into hard tack. I don't particularly enjoy Matzos but as my wife says after a long time without bread the Matzos will look great. I know next Passover I will look for more sales and if I find them I'll buy more.
So what are your suggestions for low budget and fixed income prepping?