Wheat pickup info

For those who ordered wheat:
Pickup will be on Wednesday, May 25, at 6-8 PM at the JB's Flooring America store in South Logan, 1202 S. Hwy 89-91. Directions to the store are listed below. You may pull around to the back of the store (east side-to the immediate west of the Browse Around antique store...there's a loading area there) and check in, and we can get you loaded up right from there. We plan to have some help on hand, but it would be great if you could bring a strong set of muscles if you have a big order!

If you yourself can't make it, please try and send someone in your place. We have special permission to use this building and we can't leave any of the wheat there overnight so whatever is not picked up will end up coming home with us and it becomes somewhat of a hassle for you and us. Thanks for your understanding!

See you there!

Directions to the store from the south: Turn left at the light at the Providence Maverick, heading toward Hwy 89-91. You will pass the south side of Walmart. Head straight west (even through the windy intersection), you will see Browse Around antique store just to your left (after Watkins Printing, Family Dollar, and the old Hobby Shop), take a left in the driveway just to the west of the antique shop. That goes directly to the back of the store and the loading dock.

Directions to the store from the north: Turn right at the light at the Providence Maverick, heading toward Hwy 89-91. You will pass the south side of Walmart. Head straight west (even through the windy intersection), you will see Browse Around antique store just to your left (after Watkins Printing, Family Dollar, and the old Hobby Shop), take a left in the driveway just to the west of the antique shop. That goes directly to the back of the store and the loading dock.

WHEAT ORDER CLOSES MAY 9

Please get your wheat order in to me by MONDAY MAY 9. You can email it to me at foodstoragenow@gmail.com or call Joan at 435-757-6854 or Michelle at 435-245-7756 and we'll get you an address to send payment. More info on previous posts but here are the prices:

Hard White or Red

• 50 lb. bag: $16.50

• 45 lb. sealed bucket: $21.50 (no hassle long term storage, love that!)

HOW TO FEED YOUR BABY IN A CRISIS OUT OF LONG TERM STORAGE

If a nursing mother becomes sick or injured during a crisis situation, this information on how to feed an infant from our basic food supply may prove to be very useful; or, if a family runs out of formula during an emergency situation.

Our basic food supply of unprocessed foods, whole grains and beans, would not be suitable for the very young. They need foods that are more concentrated and less rough. To make a formula adequate for a 24-hour period, you will need to make this recipe three times.

This formula can be prepared for the whole day in cool weather or when a refrigerator is available. In warm or hot weather, or under unsanitary conditions, it is safer to make a formula 3 times a day. To do so, add 1/3 cup plus 2 teaspoons of instant non-fat milk powder to 1-1/3 cups (2/3 pint) of boiled (safe) water, and stir thoroughly. Then add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 2 teaspoons of sugar, and stir. If regular dry milk powder is used, ¼ cup is enough when making one-third of the daily formula, 3 times a day. If baby bottles are not at hand, milk can be spoon-fed to an infant.

During a crisis situation, the best and most dependable food for an infant is mother’s milk – provided the mother has an adequate diet. This brings us to the matter of how many calories to store for various individuals? We are not going to go into that depth here, but just know that after a child reaches 5 years old, it is recommended to calculate his food storage of that of an adult’s. A nursing, or pregnant mother will require more calories than usual. Keep in mind we burn more calories when in a stressful situation, and also in the cold. You need to ask yourself if your family members are generally big eaters. Large men will burn more calories than a smaller woman. So when you are looking over the list of the basics and deciding how much you feel your family needs, you will want to take all these things into consideration.

Baby Formula:

Powdered Milk needed: 6 lbs per month 32 lbs per 6 months

Veg Oil needed: 2 lbs per month 12 lbs per 6 months

Sugar needed 1.3 lbs per month 8 lbs per 6 months

This is a lot higher than the “15 pounds per person per year” dry milk suggested in the basic one year’s food supply, and would work out to be 64 lbs per year. The book this was taken from suggests giving the baby 1/3 of a multi-vitamin every day ground up and then added to a little bit of liquid. A way to make your own multi-vitamin from your home storage would be to make wheatgrass juice. Sprout your wheat for a day, grow it in 1” of dirt in a cookie sheet for about 10 days, and then harvest the wheatgrass by cutting it just above the roots, then cut it into 1/4 “ pieces, placing it in a blender with some liquid (water or pineapple juice) enough to blend for several minutes, separate the pulp out from the juice through some cloth, and drink the green juice. Yum! Your own Jamba Juice! It has nearly every vitamin and mineral, and is a complete protein. You can learn more about this from one of Ann Wigmore’s books, or come to our wheat class in June.

If sufficient milk is not obtainable, even infants younger than six months should be given solid food. Solid foods for babies must be pureed to a fine texture. We will tell you more about this next time on how to use your grains for younger children.

P.S. There is more info on all this in a book we will be offering later this month.

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.