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Budget is spelled with a 'd'. We normally speak of 'on' a budget, although that is only a custom, not a rule. I have no idea what "raw till 4" means so you have to explain that part.
I fed myself and my mother very well for 8 years and set aside about a half ton of canned food on a budget of $70 a month, and not every month. I did that by simply buying what was on sale. In 2008, butter went on sale for a buck a pound, so I bought 50 pounds. Next month it was on sale again at $1.25 a pound so I bought 25 pounds. I keep the butter in a freezer and I am still using that butter. Milk was on sale for two bux a gallon so I bought ten gallons and froze it in half gallon juice bottles. When canned foods go on sale I usually buy all I can, or enough so I don't have to make another trip any time soon. I bought a case of cream of mushroom soup and a case of cream of chicken soup because I can use those instead of expensive gravy mixes. I have not used up those two cases yet. My mother died two years ago and I have been eating my stored food since then, making only three trips to the grocery store in that period to get more milk and bread. This frees up that $70 budget for other things. For instance I now have cats to keep me company and I spend a little under $50 a month on cat food. On sale, of course, in thirty pound bags.
Study some books about nutrition so you know how to eat right. You will be amazed at how much you waste just because you don't know a few facts. For instance a lot of people think they have to pay high prices for special protein food. Eggs and milk are the primary sources of protein. An egg has 6 grams of complete protein for 17 cents, a glass of milk has 12 grams for 12 1/2 cents. If you don't eat eggs or milk, you better know some things about other sources, and you better be right about them. There are no stupid vegans. Vegans either get smart or get sick. Most give up and eat meat.