Pantry Preparedness with Leisa Sutton

YOU HAVE 6 WEEKS LEFT TO BUILD YOUR FALL BUFFER

Send us Fan Mail Labor Day is September 7th. That is six weeks from today — and it is historically when the summer pantry building window closes, domestic produce season

Your Grocery Store Is Now Charging Different People Different Prices — What's Actually Happening

Send us Fan Mail Consumer Reports caught a major grocery delivery platform charging some shoppers up to 23% more for identical items from the same store at the same minu

THE SUPER EL NIÑO NOBODY IS TELLING YOU ABOUT And the 6 Foods in Its Direct Path Right Now

Send us Fan Mail NOAA released its July El Nino forecast four days ago. The numbers are significant — and almost nobody in the pantry preparedness space has connected th

The Smallest Wheat Crop Since 1970 Was Just Confirmed — Here's What to Do Before Fall

Send us Fan Mail The USDA released its July crop production report on July 10th. The wheat number is the one I've been watching all season — and on Thursday, it was

Grocery Stores Are Quietly Changing What They Stock — Here's What's Disappearing First

Send us Fan Mail Something is happening at your grocery store right now that most shoppers are walking right past. Packages are getting smaller. Products are being refor

Your Fourth of July Cookout Just Hit a Record High — Here's What That Means for This Fall

Send us Fan Mail The American Farm Bureau Federation just released their 2026 Summer Cookout Cost Survey — and this year's Fourth of July cookout hit a record high.

THE FERTILIZER CRISIS NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT And What It Means for Your Grocery Bill This Fall

Send us Fan Mail The story you're not seeing in the mainstream coverage of the Strait of Hormuz crisis: one-third of the world's fertilizer supply was disrupte

Fall 2026 Grocery Prices Just Got Worse — Here's What I'm Doing Now

Send us Fan Mail Everything I’ve been tracking points toward fall 2026 being a rough season for grocery budgets. I’m going to show you exactly what I’m seeing — and what

SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING WITH MEAT — AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE

Send us Fan Mail Something strange is happening with meat — and the data is more alarming than the headlines are letting on. Wheat was last month. Dairy before that. Thi

WHAT'S ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR FROM GROCERY STORES THIS SUMMER

Send us Fan Mail Here's what's quietly disappearing from grocery store shelves this summer, and what I'm personally doing about each one. Seven specific i

Most People Don't Know These 7 Foods Are About to Get Much More Expensive

Send us Fan Mail Not all food is getting more expensive at the same rate. Some categories are rising at two, three, even six times their historical average — and most pe

Something Strange Is Happening With Wheat — And Your Bread, Flour, and Pasta Are Next

Send us Fan Mail Two days ago — Tuesday May 13 — the USDA released the May WASDE report and the wheat numbers shocked commodity markets. U.S. wheat production is forecas

Why This Fall and Winter Could Be the Hardest Season for Grocery Budgets in Years

Send us Fan Mail Grocery inflation headlines keep saying "things are cooling down." Here's the problem: that headline is built on two falling categories — eggs and

10 Warning Signs That Food Prices Won't Come Down This Summer

Send us Fan Mail The headlines say grocery inflation is 'cooling.' Here's what they're not telling you: seven of the 15 food categories the USDA trac

10 Million Pounds of Food: Should We Be Paying Attention?

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What's About to Disappear From Grocery Stores This Fall

Send us Fan Mail This isn't fixing itself by fall, and after tracking extensive data on commodity trading, tariffs, and shipping delays, I'm certain most peopl

The LDS Church Just Distributed 10 Million Pounds of Food Across America — Here Is What I Think It Means

Send us Fan Mail A few weeks ago, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints quietly distributed an estimated 10 million pounds of food across all 50 states. Most p

Episode 14 - The Shrinking Workforce Is Coming | Prepare Now

Send us Fan Mail The future economy isn’t being shaped by technology alone — it’s being shaped by fewer people. A shrinking workforce means slower services, higher costs

Episode 13 - The Real Cost of Raising a Family in 2025 — And How Your Pantry Helps Close the Gap

Send us Fan Mail Today, I want to break the numbers down with you — calmly, clearly, and practically — so we can understand what families are really up against in 2025…

Episode 12 - Can You Live Like It's The Great Depression?

Send us Fan Mail Our grandparents didn’t call it “prepping.” They just called it life. During the Great Depression and wartime years, self-reliance wasn’t a trend — it w