Elisabeth Braw, Defense One: Let’s Talk about Food — and What Happens In a Crisis
Sweden is telling its citizens to be ready to feed themselves for a week. Other nations should follow suit.
This week, Sweden presented a civil-defense brochure to be sent to the nation’s 4.8 million households. Called “If the Crisis or War Comes,” the 20-page brochure provides practical instructions, ranging from the signals that will sound in case of a national emergency, how to detect disinformation, how to get on without access to heating, fuel, the internet, medications, or public transport. It also explains to Swedes how to plan for food disruptions, and issues this sobering directive: every able-bodied resident will be expected to fend for him- or herself for seven days.
Stockholm is blazing a trail that other governments should follow. To an extent that we don’t sufficiently discuss, the developed world is extremely dependent on long food supply chains that are vulnerable to disruptions. So let’s talk about food.
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WNU Editor: I consider myself lucky. My father survived the Ukraine famine 1932-1933, and my mother survived the winter of 1942 when the German and Soviet armies were pounding at each other just a few miles from where she and the family were hiding. They taught both my brother and I on why it is prudent to always be stocked-up with provisions that will last a few months, and enough water for 1 - 2 months .... or at least have access to a well. The alternative .... as they told me .... is not an option. It is a life philosophy that both my brother and I have embraced. Kudos to the Swedes for at least educating their citizens to stock up on provisions for at least a week .... maybe ten percent of the population will do something about it.
