I thought this was a great idea and decided to share for those new to prepping.  Also a good way to gauge where you are at for those that have been at it for awhile.

The pyramid can be found here:   http://survivalcache.com/survival-food-pyramid/

The Survival Food Pyramid


From personal experience I know, when you first get into surviving/prepping the information thrown at you can be overwhelming. The Survival Food Pyramid will get you started stocking food in a logical, simple, and economical way.

Everyone who has a basement full of canned goods and a survival garden started somewhere.  We will help get you started.
The Concept

The top of the pyramid is for stocking the smallest amount of food for the shortest amount of time. The idea being that someone who is completely new to prepping can start with a cheap and easy goal and build (downward) from there.

This pyramid will keep you from spending time and money on preps that, while they may be useful overall, are pointless to you right now. How much of a 50 pound bag of flour or rice will you use in a 3 day long power outage? Prepping in complete, logical steps is the smart way to go.
Survival Food Pyramid


Immediate

If you are new to prepping, or you are experienced but find your supplies jump all over the map, start by stocking enough food and supplies for a 3 Day Emergency. This can be as simple as a single trip to the grocery store. Buy a 3 day supply of food for you household (be sure to get things with a long shelf life) and place it somewhere other than your pantry. (See our selection of Mainstay Food Bars – they have a 5 year shelf life and come in 1200, 2400, 3600 calorie packages)

If you have a typical local situation, such as a major snow storm or power outage, you won’t be one of the people raiding the grocery store.

Be sure to include at least 1 gallon of water per day, per family member, and something to cook on, like a MSR Whisperlite stove, with fuel.
Extended

The extended food preps simply build on the immediate preps. On further trips to the store, add a few food items to your 3 day cache each time and you will soon have enough to survive for several weeks. Perhaps choose a dedicated closet or other area to stock your preps.

Remember that the extended survival food supply is going to need regular cooking supplies to be stocked, such as oil, flour, sugar, spices, etc. You will also need larger water containers to support not only drinking and cooking, but hygiene.
Long Term

Long term food preps mean there has been some type of major disaster and there won’t be any trips to the store for months.. This step moves on from basic stocking, to self sustaining.

You will have to have stocked bulk supplies of staple foods for cooking, like flour, wheat, sugar, and canned goods. A large fuel supply, or alternative cooking method will have to be used, and hunting if it is available. You will also have to have an alternative water source such as water collection, filtration, and recycling.
Perpetual

The perpetual food supply is for total collapse from which there is no coming back or voluntary off grid living indefinitely. You must have a self sustaining food supply, like a garden with heirloom seeds and large hunting area. You must also have a natural water source other than anything you have stocked.
*Take Note

All of the time periods and recommendations in the pyramid are general. There are no specific rules. You immediate preps might last you a week. Your extended preps might run out in a month. It all depends on your situation, and what you have stocked.
Where are You?

I’m curious to know where our readers are on the Survival Food Pyramid. Are you guilty of jumping around without purpose? I’m currently working on my Extended Preps (3 Weeks or so).

Thanks for posting this. It's a great reality check. I started with an initial investment to cover some basics and have been a prep 'grazer' ever since. When hot sauce is on sale I pick up an extra few bottles. Buying stuff on sale really starts to add up the savings after a while, rather than an all-out panic buy at the last minute which is always too expensive.

On the long term list I would include some quality garden tools that will last a while or can be easily repaired. Also having a good compost pile up and running is a great way of turning food and yard waste into free fertilizer, and it's a lot easier to set it up now rather than after an emergency when things like apple cores, orange peels, and grape stems start to look more appetizing. In a SHTF scenario you can even put spoiled meat in the pile. Enough carbon in the form of leaf litter on top will filter out the stink, or leave it uncovered to attract the cats, rats, and mongooses for some extra protein in your diet!

but seriously don't eat small animals from around a city unless you are really hard up because chances are they are full of toxic waste.

I started to use our blender for our fruit peels and egg shells with water and pouring straight into our vegetable soil.  They respond just the same as the miracle gro I used to put in.  I'm now conditioning a dirt patch we have and the grass have been slowly creeping back to the spot. 

My mom used to tell us stories of how my uncles and their cousins used to go out and shoot those extremely large doves they call pounders and eat them.  I used to and still do think I'd have to be pretty desperate to want to eat one of those especially the really nasty looking ones with missing toes and huge infections.  I'm more of an ocean and aquatic guy anyways.  Which brings me to the point of aquaponics.   My good friend works closely with the DOE and they have two sizable projects one at Kalani HS and the other at McKinley.  I saw the Kalani HS one and was rather impressed.  He said the school gets a solid yield of watercress from their operation which the school sells at the health food stores in Kahala.  He's helping me to get mines together if I can just convince my mom to let me have more space in our backyard.  Its pretty open for the public to see if any you need ideas.  Him and his friends have been trying to get me to come on board with them but being a public school teacher just doesn't pay the bills.

but seriously don't eat small animals from around a city unless you are really hard up because chances are they are full of toxic waste.

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Agreed. City birds are nasty. However, I feed the wild doves around my neighborhood and they look happy and healthy. In a SHTF situation wouldn't it be nice to be able to walk out your door with an airgun and have dinner come to you? The soft cooing in the morning is also very relaxing. They need not be the large lace-neck doves. The little barred doves also yield a few spoonfuls of tasty protein.  If you don't know how to clean a dove, then learn from somebody. It's easy. All birds are basically the same so you can survive quite nicely on any bird you can wrangle up.
ps. There are a bunch of youtube videos on how to clean a dove

Here Kitty Kitty, here Kitty Kitty......   

Here Kitty Kitty, here Kitty Kitty......   

...meownapua?....mewshu pork?

Start with a couple of bags of rice. Packs of tuna in oil from costco and vegetable oil.  Then once a week buy a can of thrive from survival store in waipio.
then as you can pick up some mountain house buckets etc.  Also coffee and chocolate.  That will be gold later.

...meownapua?....mewshu pork?

I have a great supply of those around here.  Even the meownapua trucks can't decimate the packs.  Also, tons of chickens roaming around.   

Im starting up a small garden.  It will help both short term and long term with access to fruits/vegetables daily.  Also allows possibly canning.  Prices are crazy high now days for fruits/vegetables while quality has been decreasing. 
I wanna get a couple egg layers or a hive going but havent been able to convince the parentals yet.
Also got the usual rice, can goods, frozen meat, etc, etc.

Anyone else here garden?  Wanna swap plants?  Hit me up

you want taro keiki?
i am planning on harvesting one plant in the next couple of weeks and should have 6-10 keiki
started from nofwitme/teammidori, so i should pay it forward
supposed to be wetland taro, but all wetland taro can be grown dryland
(not all dryland can be wetland though)
live on east side, work in kaneohe

Im starting up a small garden.  It will help both short term and long term with access to fruits/vegetables daily.  Also allows possibly canning.  Prices are crazy high now days for fruits/vegetables while quality has been decreasing. 
I wanna get a couple egg layers or a hive going but havent been able to convince the parentals yet.
Also got the usual rice, can goods, frozen meat, etc, etc.

Anyone else here garden?  Wanna swap plants?  Hit me up

Do you know the variety? 
Yeah ill take some though.  You looking for any other plants in particular to trade?
And you shouldnt keep the parent plants (kalo) for too long if its for food.

i have to check my texts
or teammidori might know
it's the red stem kind
you can eat the leaves of the red ones, i believe
and yeah, i know about the parent plants
if you grow them more than one or two times, they start to flower and not have big corms

Do you know the variety? 
Yeah ill take some though.  You looking for any other plants in particular to trade?
And you shouldnt keep the parent plants (kalo) for too long if its for food.

shoots sounds like a plan.  Ill message you.

got your pm
i'll reply in a minute

shoots sounds like a plan.  Ill message you.