For those that prepare for total collapse , thus no stores or motorized transportation , I will throw out one of my survival plans . Chickens for eggs and Egyptian Walking onions . Scrambled together provide a meal for many areas , food all summer long . The onions multiply fast and once planted will keep emerging and multiplying year after year , forever . Of course though convenient to be able to buy chicken feed , chickens can survive on bugs and worms and keep reproducing forever . -- Something that I am somewhat skeptical of is survival plans that require trips to buy livestock feed or fuel for farming equipment . I guess that would all depend on how total the collapse is , regardless whether the cause is from inept politicians or a Nuclear War .