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(Catastrophisation trigger warning)
Depends on how you see the scenario playing out. There’s so many variables and unknowns that at best you’d be guesstimating.
If it all goes sideways suddenly and food supplies collapse, a single prepared individual likely won’t make it for long. It’ll take community efforts to gather, protect and distribute food.
If it’s a slow slide instead of a crash, then a stockpile might help keep spirits up and support your personal intake during scarcity. If things get bad there is the chance that food will be confiscated and rationed, so having a stockpile won’t help you unless you keep it all well hidden.
No harm in keeping your favourite exotic preserved foods in store though.
Leshaches
Yes to both. The scariest bit is that nobody knows what will happen. * There are chain reactions going on which we won't know about until after they've happened. Maybe lots of plants will just stop pollinating? Sometimes I really think I should be stocking up, like the mad survivalists. (Buying food, not crossbows.) Is anyone else considering this?
*https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/frightens-climate-crisis-do-not-know-how-bad-wildfires-greece