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Originally Posted by LuxLiving
Do you live near a LDS church? They have a food program for families in need thru their Bishop's Storehouse. CALL THEM!!! Even if you don't take the food they give away for free, they have a canning program where you can go in and can up some great food for your family at a very low price. edited to add: I went there once and canned. It was great. There was absolutely no prostelyzing.
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In order to use the Cannery, you have to go in with an LDS member (or you are supposed to, anyway). They have foods there you can purchase for cheap. For instance, a 3# can of red wheat buds is about $2.05. You have to grind it yourself. The foods are packed in such a way that things like sugar and wheat will last 30+ years. Rice is cheap, too, and will also last 30 years.
To use the Bishop's storehouse, you can call the Bishop in your area (go to
Mormon.org and type in your address to find out where your local Ward (congregation) meets). However, if you use this you will have to - eventually- do a budgeting-type meeting with the Bishop (congregation leader), that's if you continually use the program. And the Relief Society president (woman in charge of the women's organization) will want to go over your food plan with you.
You can also try the LDS website
Provident Living Home.
Here is another website I like:
Pinching Your Pennies Home
I don't have any suggestions for you, as you are already my hero for being able to do what you're doing currently. I would just look into a local dairy farm for milk (assuming they pasteurize it and sell it off the farm - I don't think that is the norm, but they are around). Do you can your food from the garden to use all year long?