Can't afford food is not the same as can't acquire food. If the cost of a loaf of bread shot up to $1000, you would not be able to afford to buy food, but the f

Can't afford food is not the same as can't acquire food. If the cost of a loaf of bread shot up to $1000, you would not be able to afford to buy food, but the food in your pantry would still be just as edible, hoarded food seized by either the government or local militias can be redistributed, and as you got desperate there are lots of things which can become "food." You mix some sawdust into some flour, boil some shoe leather, hunt some rodents, slaughter some pets... look at places like Leningrad in WW2 to see populations going years without a functioning food market.