For those who are looking to start or build up their long term food stores but don’t want to spend a lot of money, you might consider a local LDS Cannery. Here is a link for cannery locations in the US www.providentliving.org Its a religious organization (btw I don’t believe what they do) that offers long term food stores ranging from 2-30 years shelf life at reasonable prices. The one we visited said you did not have to be a member of their church – other canneries may have different rules so check ahead of time. Anyway we recently made a trip & wanted to show you how easy it is. For those that are interested here is the list that we made for a 1 year supply for 1 person in regards to overall weight… (this is not an all inclusive list)… @ 350 lbs of rice, wheat & oats; @ 95 lbs of pinto, black & white beans; @ 25 lbs of powdered milk; @ 37 lbs of sugar; @ 26 lbs of spaghetti; @ 11 lbs of potato flakes; @ 17 lbs of dehydrated carrots @ 17 lbs of dehydrated onions & @ 6 lbs of dehydrated apple slices. Here is a details list of what we canned & purchased 30 years Shelf Life products ————————————– Weight, Qty of #10 cans, total cases, cost ————————————– White Rice – 102.6 lbs – 3 – Red Wheat – 104.4 lbs – 3 – White Wheat – 104.4 lbs – 3 – Rolled Oats – 46.8 lbs – 3 – Pinto beans – 31.2 lbs – 1 – .20 Black beans – 33 lbs – 1 – .30 White beans – 31.8 lbs – 1 – .50 Sugar – 48.8 lbs – 1 – .80 Apple …
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