TEOTWAWKI barter: stockpile vs production

[fnc]

There are many threads on stockpile of needed items
and stockpile of barter items. A few times people have
suggested having a means of production (knowledge,
labor, capital assets) as an alternative to stockpile of
finished-consumable goods.

If you stockpile dried eggs, for barter, someone may
have a viable chicken house.

You stockpile booze, someone may have a still on his
farm.

You stockpile cigarettes, someone may have some
tobacco field.

Maybe you can find a craft or business that would
work in the situation.

Generally, stockpiling large quantities consumer goods,
is losing proposition, for 3 reasons.
1)It will only be viable for the short term anyway. Because,
eventually, producers of new goods will appear.
2)Money (value) is tied up in a large inventory with no interest.
3)The inventory could deteriorate and it may become obsolete.

So, what are some small scale producer ideas?

If you can do it now, even as a hobby, that is a bonus;
plus it would prove that you actually can produce.

 

[jh205]

What on earth are you going on about man?

 

[KiljoyKutlery]

I think he's saying that "ITs BETTER TO KNOW HOW TO DO STUFF....THAN...To buying stuff and sticking it in your basement...but I could be wrong...but thats right, right?

 

[led4them]

I was a US Army Engineer, my skill is boobytrapping, they will keep my supplies stocked

 

[ChadHahn]

I think that even if someone has a still store bought liquor would still be valuable. Which would you rather drink, Jim's moonshine or Knob Creek whiskey?

Chad

 

[fnc]

I think he's saying that "ITs BETTER TO KNOW HOW TO DO STUFF....THAN...To buying stuff and sticking it in your basement...but I could be wrong...but thats right, right?

Correct (knowledge and experience), but with an additional component:
you need some tools for making stuff or doing stuff.

Example: If you do not actually have a chicken coop now, can you get the
materials to make one and some way to get some chickens?

I think that even if someone has a still store bought liquor would still be valuable. Which would you rather drink, Jim's moonshine or Knob Creek whiskey?

Chad

Chad,
It is not a black and white issue.
An abundance of lower quality whiskey can still drive down the price of
good whiskey; because much of the populace would want low price.
Rich people, movers-shakers etc. could still pay for the quality old-stuff.

Do you have beer and wine making skills? Beer and wine are less tightly
controlled than distilled beverages.