Well, here's the bottom line; you need at least 2 years and should have 7 years of supplies plus the means to secure (defend) it to be self sufficient. Anything less and you run the very real risk of death or enslavement.
We are already in a depression. A collapse is coming, likely to be followed by world war around 2025. Those who thoughtfully prepare stand the best chance to survive.
As these kinds of articles go, this one is relatively benign.
Even so, notice that the the author does make the judgement call that prepping is hoarding.
"At the other end of America, another family are preparing in exactly the same way.
In Virginia, Jay and Holly Blevins hoard food and weapons and run a network of like-minded families."
Well said DG. You can tell me personally how you are doing on yours.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Idaho Falls, ID.
Just a minor point but if the seven years comes from the Old Testament story of Joseph saving his family and the Egyptians, it was essentially the Government of Egypt in the form of Joseph and Pharaoh who obeyed the vision God gave to them.
The part that can be disturbing to some, the government ends up owning all the land in payment for doing the saving. I’d really like to hear the story related by Joseph and Pharaoh and how it all played out.
You're very optimist, by about a decade.