45 #10 Cans of Fruits and Veggies PLUS a Reserve food rotation system
This package provides enough fruits and vegetables for 1 person for 9 months (or 3 people for 3 months). The Reserve food rotation system will hold 56 #10 cans or up to 220 regular cans.
3 Banana Chips
3 Apple Slices
2 Pineapple
3 Freeze Dried Peaches
2 Freeze Dried Blueberries
3 Freeze Dried Raspberries
3 Freeze Dried Strawberries
1 Freeze Dried Green Peas
4 Carrot Dices
7 Potato Chunks
7 Potato Pearls
1 Freeze Dried Sweet Corn
2 Freeze Dried Mushrooms
4 Freeze Dried Onions
1 RESERVE Food Rotation System (your choice of #10 or regular cans)
Rachel emailed me recently and the subject line read:
"Are you seeing this too?"
She then listed some food prices she'd noticed lately:
Cereal: Sale Price: $3.50!?!
Tomatoes: Outrageous! (and none available at Wendys)
For about two years, as part of a business I owned, I tracked grocery prices by entering the weekly ad for 5-10 grocery and drug stores into a database. While I've stopped tracking prices so meticulously, I've still been keeping an eye them, and Rachel is right:
FOOD PRICES ARE ON THE RISE!
In fact, according to the Labor Department, food prices made their biggest jump in 36 years! Yes, that is right: Thirty-Six Years! Food prices rose 3.9% last month! The last time they rose that much in 1 month was November of 1974. That is a huge increase for a 1 month period of time.
Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: They consume A LOT of rice, and MANY rice fields were destroyed. They will likely have to import a lot more of it now.
What can we do about it?
The number one recommendation I've made to people for years (especially since I started tracking prices) is to STOCK UP NOW! Prices are going up, so the more food you can buy at today's prices, the better. While you should not go into debt to stock up, you should buy as large a supply as you can reasonably afford. Consider it "food insurance." Doing this will allow to ride out the extreme increases like the one last month: you can simply live on your stockpile until prices moderate a bit.
While stockpiling is relatively easy to do on items that are shelf stable (canned goods, flour, sugar, salt, condiments, crackers and other snack foods etc), it is nearly impossible to do for three very important categories of food:
Fresh produce
Meat
Dairy
That is why I love Shelf Reliance and THRIVE foods. They make it possible to stockpile produce, meat and dairy without losing any nutrients. In addition these products are SO EASY to use in your everyday recipes. Having these items in "your own home grocery store" will allow you to ride out the economic waves that are barraging our pocketbooks right now. So, just what does Shelf Reliance provide?
Vegetables: Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Corn, Green Beans, Mushrooms, Onions, Peas, Red and Green Peppers, Potatoes, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Tomato Powder
Meat:
Chicken
Beef (Ground and Roast Beef)
Turkey
Sausage
Ham
Dairy:
Butter
Milk
Yogurt
Eggs
Do you see that huge list? I didn't even mention all the grains, desserts, drink mixes, baking supplies and pre-made entrees that they offer!
Most of these products have a 10-25 year sealed shelf life and a 1-2 year opened shelf life! That is truly amazing. Imagine, something with a 25 year shelf life that tastes as great as the fresh product! That is the type of food insurance I want for my family.
So, I repeat:
STOCK UP NOW! Prices are going up, so the more food you can buy at today's prices, the better. While you should not go into debt to stock up, you should buy as large a supply as you can reasonably afford.
To get you started, here are few products you can buy at Shelf Reliance that are currently less expensive than they are at the grocery store:
I get a lot of the same questions often from customers or friends. You can find the answers to many of those questions here. If you'd like, you can sign up to receive an email each time I post a new answer to a question I've received.
Occasionally I will post news about Shelf Reliance (new products, company changes etc), FEMA, food prices, natural disasters, and general news that relates to preparedness. You can see what I've posted in the past here:
Bread is what many people think of when they think "food storage," and it is true that it is possible to make lots of delicious breads using the products in Your Own Home Store.
If you are to get the best use of the grains in Your Own Home Store, you should also own a grain grinder. Keep a less expensive manual grinder for emergencies and an electric grinder for everyday use (I think it takes to long to grind all my grains by hand). I grind my own flour & cornmeal. I even grind beans and use them as a fat replacement in baked goods!
One thing that is often overlooked when thinking of "food storage" bread recipes is freeze dried fruits. These can be used to add flavor and fun to your breads. Think, blueberry pancakes, mango muffins or banana bread. Adding these products to Your Own Home Store make it easier to rotate through and use your grains because they make it so simple to make great tasting breads!
Feel free to browse through the following bread recipes. I'd love to answer any questions you might have!
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