I hope that more folks are taking community aid, mutual aid, and self-sufficiency seriously right now. Growing food and preserving it are difficult, but they’re not lost arts, it’s just that most who had to live like that (the generation of the Great Depression and war) are pretty much gone. People joke about preppers and homesteaders but as one of them I’ve found that it’s less crazy bunker builders and more people who’ve tried, failed, tried again passing on their skills/knowledge to the newbies who then try, fail a little less, and try again. Survival in a nation in decline is like oxygen masks in a crashing plane- secure yours first and then assist others who need the help. You’re no good to anyone else if you can’t take care of yourself.