WHEAT ORDER DEADLINE AND WHEAT CLASS

Just a reminder, the deadline for this wheat order is Monday, May 9. The order will be closed that day. Your payment must be received by May 9 to honor your order. Please email foodstoragenow@gmail.com for ordering info or call Joan at 435-757-6854 or Michelle at 435-245-7756.

Wheat class to be held in June, taught by Lorraine who is an expert in using your wheat! Class is free to those who make a wheat order this month and will be held in Cache Valley. Details forthcoming.

Please see below for more great info on our wheat and the class!

WHEAT STORAGE-WHERE DO I START?

Some of you may be new to wheat. So here is a little info I found in a famous preparedness book.

• Napoleon marched his army all over Europe on a cup of wheat a day.

• Maximizing the nutrition power of wheat: Ann Wigmore, author of many books on wheat and founder of The Boston Health Institute, pioneered the wheatgrass juice movement, in her books says that when you sprout wheat, and grow it in trays of 1” dirt, you turn it into “a complete protein” and it possesses nearly every nutrient that a body needs for optimum health.

• Wheat keeps forever! (well almost) The LDS Cannery says 30 years, I have made bread with my grandma’s 35 and 50 year old wheat. It was delicious! In fact, it tasted better than the new wheat I was buying! And wheat they have found in the pyramids of Egypt have sprouted! If you start with good quality wheat, and store it properly, the results can be fabulous.

Basic foods keep better than typical convenience foods, requires much less space to store or transport, and is much less expensive. Field tests have shown that the majority of Americans would find these basic foods acceptable under crisis conditions. Unprocessed grains and beans provide adequate nourishment for many millions of the world’s people who have little else to eat. Dry grains and beans are very compact. A 6 gal bucket of grains hold 45 pounds of hard wheat. Yet when cooked, dry whole grains become bulky and give a well fed feeling.

• Netting down the cost: Several years ago when my adult daughter wanted to get started, she didn’t know where to start. So when I showed her the amount and cost of each item of the basics, it helped her to know where to begin, so -

$437 for 1 year basic supply of food (about $1.20 a day)

About $140 of that could be wheat (or $200 after this sale), $2 for 25# salt, $110 for 60# beans, $30 for 15# milk, $25 for 2.5 gal oil, $130 for 60# sugar, 14 gal water min per person plus water filter. These prices are based off of LDS Cannery bulk bags and Macey’s, and bucketing it yourself in used buckets. Yet when you compare this to when you Google “year’s supply” you will see prices 3 times this.

Price of 50# rice, oats comparisons. You would not want to eat just wheat. It would be hard on the digestive tract if you weren’t eating them beforehand, and it would get boring eating the same thing.

• Most of these foods can be stored for 30 or more years. So if you never used them at all (and we hope you do), that would be $15 per yr. food insurance.

GROUP WHEAT ORDER AND WHEAT CLASS

We have locked in a great price for a group wheat order! This is hard white or red wheat, premium quality with 13% protein content (higher protein wheat is getting consistently more scarce, although the lower quality seems to be a bit more plentiful, according to our research)and 9% moisture. We know finances are tight, but this is a great time to get your wheat storage and gain some peace of mind for your household. As of right now, the price of wheat at the LDS Cannery is $22.90 per 50 lb. bag. Our price:

• 50 lb. bag: $16.50

• 45 lb. bucket: $21.50 (No hassle long term storage!)

Please email your order to foodstoragenow@gmail.com* or call Joan at 435-757-6854 or Michelle at 435-245-7756. We want to make as big an order as possible at this price! Cost on this high quality wheat is guaranteed to rise. We plan to have the wheat available for pickup the first week of May. See below for details on a special class we are offering to help you learn how to use your wheat!

Lorraine's Wheat Class

It can be overwhelming to order and store a wheat supply and not know how to use it! We are very excited to have Lorraine here from the east coast to offer a valuable class on using your wheat! She has taught these classes for us before and has done extensive research on the best way to use, store and ENJOY your wheat-right now! She goes way beyond wheat bread. (Hint: You've GOTTA try the snickerdoodles; they are amazing!) We are sponsoring this class at NO COST for those who make a wheat order this month. Class will be held in mid-June and we will keep you up to date on the details. Others who want to join the class are welcome, cost is $5 per person (this pays for the cost of materials). One class will be held in Cache Valley and one will be in the Salt Lake area, so keep watching for details!

*In order to keep our group price as low as possible, we are unable to accept credit cards or online payments as of right now. So bear with us, we have to do it "old fashioned" way and need cash or a check from you. After you email us, we will give you details on payment. We promise...we have been doing this for a long time and there is no scamming. If you would like to talk to some of our customers to make sure we are legit, we are happy to have you do so.

WHEAT HAS DOUBLED! POSSIBLE GROUP ORDER...

The LDS Canneries are a good indicator of nationwide food prices and are typically the last to raise their prices. As of April 4, the price of wheat for a 25 lb. bag rose 44%, from $11.65 in January (this year!) to $11.45 this month! Yipes!

Here is an article that explains in more detail: http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/prices-at-lds-canneries-show-inflation-for-food-up-between-11-and-49

We are considering putting together a group order and we think we can get a significantly better price than the cannery. We would love to see what kind of interest we have. If you are interested please email me at foodstoragenow@gmail.com. The wheat would be high quality white in 50 lb. bags.

APRIL PREP GOAL

My oh my is it April already? Can't hardly tell with 18 inches of new snow outside! Guess it just means using the time to work on preparedness goals rather than the yard! So here goes...

1) Prep the garden. Oops. Guess I can't get out of yard work after all. I have a giant vegetable garden and this year I have some great ideas to increase my yield without the great weed harvest that I always seem to get. I found a GIANT piece of heavy-duty black plastic that will fit over the ENTIRE garden (on eBay, of course!), at which point I will cut slits in it for rows, and small holes for individual plants like tomatoes. Hopefully that will save me a ton of work. I plan to use railroad ties to secure the edges and keep those naughty little weeds from sneaking through the sides. So...need to get the tractor man over here to till and flatten, and have the plastic ready to go right over. Costs: Tilling ($25), plastic ($180....yeah, it's an investment for sure), seeds (already in my storage but you can get a great supply for 20 bucks or less).

If food supply goes short this year...at least we'll have a ton of fresh vegetables! (And of course we will can the surplus at summers' end.)

2) Fill in some holes on the 72 hour kits. My kits are pretty sad, actually. I am planning to buy some hardy and compact foodstuffs, flashlights with extra batteries, and whistles for each one. (Just think...if you are trapped in rubble with a whistle handy...how great would THAT be!) Just a few bucks to spend there. Going into summer, it's also a good idea to have sunscreen, water, and a sunhat in there.

A side note: I was checking out Walmart's camping aisle the other day and they have some excellent preparedness items. One that I am really considering is kerosene lamps with kerosene; the whole set-up is about 10 bucks and you can burn them indoors. I understand the fuel is much safer to store also.

Good luck!