food crisis

I need to understand more about the economy because apparently a lot of bad shit happened yesterday and it had several of my friends concerned. One friend was certain that there was going to be an emergency rush on food so we went to Bob's Red Mill today between Clackamas and Portland to stock up. I was terribly overwhelmed. There's a lot of neat items there in bulk but I didn't know what I'd need or want. I need to get more prepared for the eventual collapse of the economy.